Too little, too late - employer could not cure fundamental breach
If an employer commits a repudiatory breach of contract, an employee is entitled to accept the breach by resigning. They can then claim unfair constructive dismissal. As the EAT decision in
Flatman v Essex County Council illustrates, once a repudiatory breach has occurred, an employer’s conduct after the breach but before a resignation will not help it defend an employee’s claim.
Ms Flatman worked as a Learning Support Assistant for a student with a disability. Although she had to help the child move between different specialist equipment, the employer did not provide any manual handling training, even though she asked for training several times over a period of months. She developed and was ultimately signed off work with back pain. It was only when she returned to work that the school took active steps to address her situation. The head teacher told her that her manual handling duties would be removed, she wo
Hospital doctor suspended from register for six months Judge says ’wrongdoing’ carried out with ’with insight and knowledge’
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A hospital doctor has been suspended from the medical register for six months by the High Court for failing to comply with the Medical Council’s professional competency requirements and providing untrue information to it indicating he had complied.
High Court president Ms Justice Mary Irvine said the “prolonged wrongdoing” by Dr Ali Abdellal Osman Hamad was “done with insight and knowledge” and went to the heart of patient safety and public confidence in the medical profession.
Vet resolves case over report into alleged misconduct
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High Court proceedings brought by Vet Daniel McCarthy against the Veterinary Council of Ireland, over a finding of alleged professional misconduct against him, have been resolved.
The court heard that following discussions between lawyers for Bandon, Co Cork-based Mr McCarthy and the Veterinary Council, which regulates the profession in Ireland, it was agreed that the findings and recommendations against the vet, contained in a 2019 report, be quashed.
The report had concluded that Mr McCarthy had engaged in professional misconduct that rendered him unfit to practise as a vet, and the FTP committee recommended that his name be removed from the register of veterinary practitioners.
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A hair restoration doctor cleared by a court of illegally importing medicines has taken proceedings to stop a Medical Council hearing over the same matter.
In a case which may have ramifications for investigations by a range of professional bodies, Dr Samuel Van Eeden claims the inquiry breaches his constitutional rights as he has already been cleared of criminal charges.
The South African-born surgeon and his wife Zelda were both charged in connection with the alleged unauthorised importation of the medicines from Bangladesh in 2012.
The medicines included an injected antibiotic for hair restoration treatment, sedatives, drugs for indigestion and cholesterol problems, and a local anaesthetic.