By John Hyde2021-05-07T12:10:00+01:00
The Court of Appeal ruled today that a legal aid firm was justified in dismissing a solicitor for ‘topping up’ sums with cash payments from his client’s father.
In
DPP Law Ltd v GreenbergLord Justice Popplewell said that the Employment Appeal Tribunal appeal had been wrong to uphold experienced solicitor Paul Greenberg s challenge to his dismissal.
Greenberg had been fired by Liverpool firm DPP Law over allegations of gross misconduct arising from his acceptance of £150 from the father of one of his legally aided clients. The employment tribunal rejected his claim for unfair dismissal, but the EAT said this decision was not sufficiently ‘rooted in findings of fact’.