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- Date:
- 8 November 2012
- Type:
- Law reports
The European Court of Human Rights has said that it was a breach of a BNP member's human rights for him not to have the opportunity to claim unfair dismissal on the basis that he was sacked for his "political opinion". He did not have the required one year's service in force at the time to bring a claim.
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- Date:
- 24 October 2012
- Type:
- Law reports
In Mattu v University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust [2012] IRLR 661 CA, the Court of Appeal held that NHS contractual disciplinary procedures resulting in the dismissal of a consultant cardiologist did not determine any civil right of the employee so did not engage art.6 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
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- Date:
- 6 August 2012
- Type:
- Law reports
The High Court has held that two government schemes in which individuals who are on jobseeker's allowance are given unpaid placements are lawful and not a breach of participants' human rights.
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- Date:
- 22 May 2012
- Type:
- Law reports
The Court of Appeal has held that an NHS trust's decision to dismiss a doctor, which made it more difficult for him to practise in his chosen profession, did not engage his right to a fair and public hearing under the European Convention on Human Rights.
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- Date:
- 27 February 2012
- Type:
- Law reports
In R (on the application of G) v Governors of X School and Y City Council [2011] IRLR 756 SC, the Supreme Court held that a teaching assistant was not entitled to legal representation at a disciplinary hearing leading to dismissal, when the referral process that could lead to his appearance on a "barred list", which would end his ability to practise his profession, was entirely separate and distinct.
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- Type:
- FAQs
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- Date:
- 13 December 2011
- Type:
- Law reports
In R (on the application of Puri) v Bradford Teaching Hospital NHS Trust [2011] IRLR 582 HC, the High Court held that rights under art.6 of the European Convention on Human Rights were not engaged in respect of the composition of disciplinary and appeal panels determining disciplinary action against a doctor. In the circumstances of the case, the hearings were not determining the doctor's ability to practise his profession, but merely his ability to remain in a particular post.
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- Date:
- 11 August 2011
- Type:
- Law reports
The High Court has held that the process for a doctor's dismissal did not engage his right to a fair and public hearing under the European Convention on Human Rights.
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- Date:
- 29 June 2011
- Type:
- Law reports
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that it was not a reasonable adjustment for the subjective redundancy selection criteria by which a disabled employee who was at risk of redundancy was judged to be removed from the process.
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- Date:
- 27 April 2011
- Type:
- Law reports
The High Court has held that art.6 of the European Convention on Human Rights was not engaged in internal disciplinary proceedings where the employee was not, as a result, deprived of the right to practise his profession.
