I worked for a financial institution for two years as a financial crime investigation analyst (AML & CFT). The pressures of the position exacerbated my declared and well-documented mental condition (bipolar mood disorder), and I was dismissed for reasons of ill health incapacity. Although I believed the outcome of the matter to have been unfair, I was unable to muster the energy to dispute the matter with the CCMA in time as the depression and anxiety over the situation crippled me to breaking point, leading to further attempts at suicide in the wake of losing my job. For the same reason, I never filed UIF claims. During that time my partner supported us financially as far as possible and we took on tenants in our spare bedrooms to make up the majority of the difference, however we also had to make use of my credit card. Six months later, I managed to recover myself and find work at another company that provides BPO services. I now serve as a Fraud Recoveries Manager for a UK-based financial institution at a much lower salary. My mortgage, credit card, overdraft facility, life and asset insurance policies as well as my vehicle finance loan are all with the financial institution I worked for before, and we are facing the difficulty with not being able to cover all these installments monthly with the credit card payments falling behind and the bank demanding payment of R11000 this month (being the first month of having gained employment again). Is there any legal premise for filing a case against them for having contributed to the financial disposition I find myself in by dismissing me in a manner which recklessly undermined my ability to make repayments on time given that they were also the institution to which these debts were owed?