Martin McGowan took authorized motion towards Scottish home builder Springfield Properties.
The Court docket of Session heard that McGowan labored as a subcontractor for Springfield using as much as 70 folks on their initiatives.
Either side fell out in 2016 when McGowan raised issues about asbestos and a scarcity of PPE for his employees on quite a few websites.
Springfield responded by acquiring an interim court docket order to forestall McGowan talking publicly in regards to the asbestos.
The order was finally lifted in 2021 after Springfield was fined £10,000 for Well being and Security offences involving asbestos at a web site in East Dunbartonshire.
McGowan stated the gagging order hit his popularity and led to him dropping contracts.
The Court docket of Session dominated in his favour and awarded McGowan £558,033.
A Springfield Properties spokesperson stated: “We strongly disagree with this judgment, and we absolutely intend to attraction it.
“This determination just isn’t associated to the earlier asbestos case – raised in 2014 and absolutely investigated by the HSE and SEPA. It didn’t examine nor affirm any of Mr McGowan’s claims, all of which had beforehand been interrogated and rejected by the related authorities.
“The interdict was sought solely to forestall the persistent unfold of claims by Mr McGowan and this determination doesn’t relate to, nor reopen, the historic investigation.”
