An Employee v The Christie NHS Foundation [2014]
Decision Number: Legal Body: High Court of England & Wales
Published on: 24/10/2014
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Background

This case should be used as a case study on why mediation is generally the best way forward to deal with the fall-out over reorganisation or claims of bullying in the workplace.

The claimant was Associate Director of Human Resources and Organisational Development of the Trust and effectively head of HR. She reported to the deputy CEO but was not a board member. The board brought in an external consultant with experience in HR to look at a reorganisation and increase in professionalism of the Trust. To say that the claimant and the consultant did not get on is an understatement. They were very different characters, with different experiences of HR at different levels. 

An interim restructuring saw the

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Disclaimer The information in this article is provided as part of Legal Island's Employment Law Hub. We regret we are not able to respond to requests for specific legal or HR queries and recommend that professional advice is obtained before relying on information supplied anywhere within this article. This article is correct at 24/10/2014