Case of the week: Representation at disciplinary hearings

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  R (on the application of G) v Governors of X School and Y City Council [2009] IRLR 434 HC (2 other reports)

  • Disciplinary hearings: Teaching assistant had right to legal representation

    Date:

    13 July 2009

    In R (on the application of G) v Governors of X School and Y City Council [2009] IRLR 434 HC, the High Court held that a teaching assistant faced with disciplinary proceedings that could have led to an indefinite prohibition against working with children was entitled to legal representation under art.6 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

  • R (on the application of G) v The Governors of X School

    Date:

    20 March 2009

    The High Court has held that an employee should have been allowed to be accompanied by a lawyer at a disciplinary hearing in circumstances where a consequence of the hearing could be the addition of his name to the register of individuals deemed unsuitable to work with children.