Federal Court Another round in the protracted dispute over a dismissal in Bagnes VS

The Federal Supreme Court has upheld an appeal by the former mayor and the former municipal clerk of Bagnes VS. The cantonal court must re-examine the allegations of forgery of documents and falsification of documents in office.

In a decision published on Wednesday, the Federal Supreme Court overturned the verdicts and referred the case back for reassessment. The defendants argued that they had made a so-called error of fact.

They had assumed that the employment relationship terminated in this case was a contract under private law and not under public law. If this were the case, the facts of the case would have to be assessed under criminal law.

The entire matter has not been viewed from this perspective in the proceedings to date, the Federal Supreme Court states. The background to the case is the dismissal of an employee of the municipality of Bagnes, who is considered a whistleblower in connection with the affair surrounding illegal chalets in Verbier VS