Tribunal says Mensa's executive director was unfairly sacked

Mensa's executive director was unfairly sacked but is not entitled to compensation because he abused the organisation's trust, an industrial tribunal has ruled. Harold Gale was sacked for gross misconduct last year after 19 years with the society for people with high IQs when they alleged that he had made thousands of pounds by running his own business from its headquarters.

Mr Gale, 54, from Lilleshall, Shropshire, claimed that the organisation's ruling body knew about Harold Gale Associates (HGAL), which published Mind Games magazine and sold puzzles to newspapers.

The tribunal ruled that he was unfairly dismissed because of the unreasonable way Mensa and its chairman, the inventor Sir Clive Sinclair, handled his sacking.Sir Clive said: "I am glad that it is over. Harold is an old friend and it was a trying time for all of us. We will be looking at our disciplinary procedures as a result of the tribunal's comments."