Worthingtons Commercial Solicitors in Belfast have agreed to write an email every two months exclusively for Legal-Island email subscribers. These emails cover what, in the opinion of the writers, are the recent Northern Ireland employment cases that will most interest employment law practitioners.

Highlights this time around are: a High Court decision on contractual entitlement to back pay and the necessity for clarity and clear intentions to be recorded; and a Northern Ireland Court of Appeal decision on disability, victimisation and witness statements in the tribunal.

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1. Janette Murdock v South Eastern Education and Library Board – Chancery Division High Court

The Plaintiff was employed as a classroom assistant at Tor Bank Special School in Dundonald. Under her job