Court of Appeal dismisses Enoch Burke’s appeal-decisions of the 3 Judges

Here is the decision of the President of the Court of Appeal in the Enoch Burke appeal of two High Court decisions in the The Board of Management of Wilson’s Hospital School and Enoch Burke. Here is the decision of J. Whelan. Here is the decision of J. Edwards. Summary This case is not about … Read more

Courts Will Not Intervene When WRC Can Handle Employment Dispute

The Court of Appeal will not interfere in an employment dispute when there is a statutory regime in place to deal with the row. This was confirmed again recently in a case involving a solicitor who asked the High Court and the Court of Appeal to intervene in his problem concerning his proposed redundancy. Background … Read more

Court of Appeal Clarifies the Legal Right to Representation in Disciplinary Proceedings in the Workplace

A decision delivered by the Court of Appeal at the end of October 2018 throws further light on this question of the right to legal representation in the workplace during disciplinary hearings. This issue was thrown into some degree of confusion by what appeared to be inconsistent High Court decisions in the cases of Lyons … Read more