Police Officer Sacked For Using Sex Worker the month off on something ridiculous and silly. A quick glance at the tabloids has revealed that PC Kelly Norris of Avon and Somerset Police was dismissed after disclosing he had engaged the services of a sex worker with links to organised crime on more than one occasion. [...]
We round off this month’s update with another tale of tabloid scandal. This month’s tale features an explicit content warning. Sergeant Hywel Morgan was dismissed by South Wales Police Force following an on-duty tryst with a council employee. Sgt Morgan had been dubbed a hero for diving into a freezing lake to try and save […]
Hello and welcome back to your weekly case law update. Last week we had two cases for you, one on employment status and another about race and religious discrimination. This week we have a disability discrimination case for you that also concerns unfair dismissal and gross misconduct. It is one we actually covered in our […]
To round off this month’s update we have another tabloid tale of woeful misconduct. To make a neat tie-in to the Easter bank holiday it would have been very convenient if someone had been sacked from a chocolate factory for tampering with the products, alas no such case has materialized. However, in a slightly more […]
NHS 24 v Pillar Hello and welcome back to your case law update. First off, after a glut of cases covered in September, we were unable to send out an update the past two weeks due to a dearth of relevant cases. Thankfully, that shortage is over now and we hope your updates can resume […]
AA Dismisses Boss – Bob McKenzie, the Executive Chairmen of The AA, has been dismissed for gross misconduct following a reportedly Clarkson-esque bust up with an employee at a hotel bar. Whilst a statement from Mr McKenzie claims his departure was due to ill-health, in any event his leaving has wiped a fifth off the company’s share […]
Greetings and welcome back to your weekly case law update. Last week’s newsletter had features on; restrictive covenants, warm weather working and the gig economy. This week we will be looking at unfair dismissal for conduct related issues. Section 98 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 states that for a dismissal to be fair, the […]
Every month we bring you a tale of the absurd. An incident that goes beyond ridiculous and into the downright stupid. The source of this ludicrousness? Tabloid journalism, where else? This month’s numpty is a senior a police officer who was initially sacked after he groped a female employees breast and thigh in two separate […]
Welcome back to your weekly update just what you need to cheer you up! The case we are discussing today shows the possible problems when common law and statute interact with gross misconduct. Particularly on the question of summary dismissal for gross misconduct. Summary dismissal is a common law concept which has evolved in the context […]
To round off this month’s newsletter we bring you the latest piece of outlandish employment law. This month’s case is a seasonal Halloween blunder and concerns a Mr Grosset, who has won his three year disability discrimination case against York Council following his dismissal as Head of English from the Joseph Rowntree School. Mr Grosset […]
No newsletter would be complete without a tale of outlandish conduct that gets swept up by tabloid hacks. This month’s case concerns three employees of the estate agent firm Foxtons, which has revenue of over £149m a year, who were sacked for fighting protesters against class division. Surely a classic example of Schaudenfreude? The three staff […]
This juicy case, which is genuinely worthy of its own TV show, concerns gross misconduct and human rights, particularly the right to a private life. Mr Garamukanwa, the Claimant, was a Clinical Manager for Solent NHS Trust, the Respondent. The Claimant formed a relationship with a nurse, Ms Maclean, on his ward. Upon this relationship ending the […]
This month’s sensationalist piece of employment law is the case of Samuel v Wincanton plc. Here it was held that a gross misconduct dismissal for ‘exaggerating’ physical injury was unfair. Ms Samuel worked in Wincanton’s warehouse and was hit on the head by a falling drill bit. The injuries caused her to suffer from severe nausea, […]
Welcome back to this week’s edition of case law. With it being Mother’s Day and World Women’s Day this week it would have been wonderful to have an inspiring case about sex discrimination. Unfortunately, no such cases have been decided recently so instead here’s a case about money laundering, constructive dismissal and gross misconduct. Today’s […]
