The High Court has dismissed the claim of a former national security employee who alleged wrongful dismissal and breach of contract following the end of her fixed-term employment.

Justice Margaret Mohammed ruled that Myrtle Pilgrim-Edwards’ employment with the Strategic Services Agency (SSA) ended lawfully by the effluxion of time, and that there was no breach of contract or duty of trust and confidence by the State.

Pilgrim-Edwards had been employed in various national security roles between 1999 and 2017, initially with the Security Intelligence Agency (SIA), later with the Ministry of National Security, and finally with the SSA as a human resource specialist I. Her last contract, a three-year fixed-term agreement from December 1, 2014 to November 30, 2017, was not renewed.