by Wendy Doyle Solicitor | Nov 10, 2020 | Appeal, Appeal Hearing, Constructive Dismissal, Contracts of Employment, latest news, Unfair Dismissal, Workplace Relations Commission Decisions September 2020
The case of A Restaurant Manager v A Restaurant Chain ADJ-00026723 concerned a case of constructive dismissal whereby the employee argued that he was dismissed from his employment at the end of a disciplinary process which crossed over with a request to move him to a... by Wendy Doyle Solicitor | May 25, 2020 | Appeal, Appeal Hearing, Blog, Unfair Dismissal, Workplace Relations Commission Decisions April 2020
This recent case of A Nurse v A Hospital concerned the dismissal of a nurse who was employed in a specialist long term unit. It was alleged that an elderly vulnerable resident was left unsupervised in an unsuitable chair and restrained there and that this was a... by Wendy Doyle Solicitor | Jun 17, 2019 | Appeal Hearing, latest news, Unfair Dismissal, Workplace Relations Commission
Useful unfair dismissal decision re arguments of procedural unfairness, right to legal representation etc. Complainant was employed by respondent’s Special Compliance Branch and involved in sale of cigarettes from Poland on Facebook which had no duty paid...
by Wendy Doyle Solicitor | Jan 9, 2017 | An Garda Siochana, Appeal, Appeal Hearing, Contracts of Employment, Employee, Employee v Self Employed, High Court, latest news, Litigation
In the case of Mc Kayed v Forbidden City Limited t/a translations.ie [2016 IEHC 722] the issue arose as to whether or not the plaintiff was an employee of the defendant in the context of a potential claim under the Unfair Dismissal Acts 1977 (as amended). The... by Wendy Doyle Solicitor | Jun 2, 2014 | Appeal, Appeal Hearing, Board of Management, Bullying and Harassment, Contracts of Employment, Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013, Health and Safety, High Court, Investigation, latest news, Litigation, Personal Injury, Personal Injury Assessment Board, Sick Leave, Sick Pay and Illness
Justice O’Neill delivered the recent judgement in Ruffley -v- Board of Management St. Anne’s School [2014 IEHC 235] on the 9th day of May 2014. This case concerned bullying and harassment and a full copy of the judgement is available here. Background The... by Wendy Doyle Solicitor | May 6, 2014 | Appeal, Appeal Hearing, Contracts of Employment, Disciplinary Hearing, Disciplinary Meetings, Garda Siochana (Discipline) Regulations 2007, High Court, Investigation, Judicial Review, latest news, Litigation
The recent case of John Wilson v Superintenddent Sean Farrell, Chief Superintendent Patrick McGee, the Commissioner of an Garda Siochana Ireland has attracted a lot of media attention since the whistleblowing controversy hit the media. The judgement of Justice...