You may remember the 6 former employees of Belize Water Services Limited who have been battling what they believed was wrongful termination from the country's water company. The official reason was redundancy, but they were convinced that the corporate bosses were only firing them due to letters and emails which were circulated about sex scandals and intrigues within the company.

Well, today, after 2 years and 9 months, they were finally vindicated by the Supreme Court. Justice Michelle Arana has ruled that they were wrongfully terminated. That's after a full trial where their former bosses were called to testify and withstand tough cross-examinations from their attorneys.

Shortly after the judge delivered the ruling, we were outside of court to speak with one of their attorneys about the implications of the judgment:

Rt. Hon. Said Musa, SC - Attorney for Mark Menzies

"Our clients were successful, all of them in their case against BWS for wrongful termination of their services. In other words they were wrongfully dismissed why the water company but the judge ruled in their favour and left the issue of damages to be assets at a later date."

Reporter

"No idea when that date will be?"

Rt. Hon. Said Musa, SC - Attorney for Mark Menzies

"No, I can't say."

Reporter

"Now of course this is a huge victory for your client, can you tell us about it?"

Rt. Hon. Said Musa, SC - Attorney for Mark Menzies

"Indeed it is, we've been waiting for over 2 years now since they were all terminated from their service and they have been very patient, they all gave their testimony in court and we expected the outcome today and I'm very happy for them; because really the BWS treated then very badly. They were being wrongly accused of being involved with some scandalous letter that was being circulated in the office at the time. And there was absolutely no proof of any of them being involved. Whereas the CEO of the company actually went on record pointing out that action would be taken against those people and they were the victims of this whole thing."

Reporter

"Reasonably though what can be expected as redress, do we expect that they would be return to their jobs?"

Rt. Hon. Said Musa, SC - Attorney for Mark Menzies

"No, in the law, service of an employee is one area in which the court is very loaves to have reinstatement of service. They would normally award compensation and damages and this is what will happen in this case."

Reporter

"In terms of cost of court, will that also be decided?"

Rt. Hon. Said Musa, SC - Attorney for Mark Menzies

"That was awarded in favour of the claimants."

Michael Novelo - Sued BSWL

"It actually feels a sign of relief knowing that we have sent a message to the company that we are not here just for you to shub around."

Don Gillett - Sued BWSL

"I just want everybody out there to understand and to see that the buck doesn't stop at your union. Ms. Barnett here was the general secretary; we were basically abandoned by our union. As opposed to just lying over and taking it for what it was, I want the public to see that there is another route or there are other things we can do to protect yourself and clear your own name."

Colin Morrison - Sued BWSL

"I had a wife who was very ill and using the insurance at BWS. I'm not working there for almost 3 years and she passed away this year."

Reporter

"You lost the insurance you say?"

Colin Morrison - Sued BWSL

"We lost the insurance and so we couldn't afford the medical treatment she was getting, so eventually she lost the battle."

Interestingly enough, these former employees have recounted to us their difficulties after being kicked out of BWSL. Journett McKoy, seen here, told us that he couldn't keep a job after he had been hired because his former employers at the water company gave them bad recommendations to their new would-be bosses. He told us that he been hired by one company, and he did everything they asked only to be fired a few days into the new job, after the new boss checked with their former superiors. Colin Morrison, told us that his wife passed away after a long battle with sickle cell anemia. They were able to pay for her medical treatments with the help of his insurance coverage when he was employed at the company. When he was terminated, he and his wife could not afford these treatment, and she passed away in August after her health deteriorated gradually back in 2013.