Ammi Burke v. An Adjudication Officer and the Workplace Relations Commission and Arthur Cox LLP [2021]
Decision Number: IEHC 667 Legal Body: High Court of Ireland
Published on: 15/11/2021
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Elizabeth Spelman Dual-qualified Lawyer, Adjudicator, Tribunal Member and Mediator.
Elizabeth Spelman Dual-qualified Lawyer, Adjudicator, Tribunal Member and Mediator.
Espelman

Accomplished lawyer, adjudicator, accredited mediator and published author, with over 18 years of diverse national and international experience in public law, private law, international human rights law and international criminal law matters.

Background

Introduction

This judicial review matter concerned a challenge to the handling of an unfair dismissal claim by an Adjudication Officer of the Workplace Relations Commission (“WRC”). Simons J. provided a robust judgment, dismissing the Applicant’s challenges in their entirety and making salient and more widely-applicable findings regarding the application of the Supreme Court judgment in Zalewski v. An Adjudication Officer [2021] IESC 24, [2021] 32 E.L.R. 213; the administration of justice; and the appropriate use of judicial review proceedings.

Background

On 31 January 2020, the Applicant brought an unfair dismissal claim against the Respondent before the WRC. The claim had had been part heard over five days, but not yet determined, when the Zalewski judgment was

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