iarnrod eireann v barry mckelvey

Supreme Court Decides No Right to Legal Representation in Employment Disciplinary Hearing

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The Supreme Court has confirmed the Court of Appeal decision regarding the absence of a right of an employee to legal representation in a workplace disciplinary investigation and hearing. This case involves an Iarnród Eireann employee, Barry McKelvey, who faces a disciplinary hearing over allegations of misappropriation of property in the workplace. At the proposed … Read more

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

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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