By Louis Goss P&O Ferries has settled an employment lawsuit brought forward by one of the nearly 800 seafarers it unlawfully fired in March. The ferry operator settled a case with one of its former chefs for an undisclosed sum after the Dubai-owned company admitted breaking the law by firing 800 staff, without consultation, over a pre-recorded video call. Former P&O chef John Lansdown said he had refused to sign a P&O Ferries’ “gagging order” that blocks other fired staff members from speaking publicly about the dispute. “Facing the prospect of a very public employment tribunal, P&O Ferries ha…