Sunday Times chief political correspondent Eben Black has lost his unfair dismissal case.

Black
was dismissed by News International in February last year after he
refused the job offer of defence correspondent, which he said was a
demotion.

After Friday’s industrial tribunal hearing he said: “I think it’s an interesting decision and we will be appealing.

After what happened to me at the Sunday Times I think this is an interesting decision for anyone working in journalism.”

Black had been at the Sunday Times for five years and is now head of legal services for public affairs business DLA upstream.