Duncan Inverarity is a former a partner and Head of A&L Goodbody's Employment Law group and practiced exclusively in the area of employment law and industrial relations in multiple jurisdictions. Duncan advised public and private sector employers on both contentious and non-contentious matters. He advised Board rooms across Ireland and abroad on strategic and complex employment and industrial relations matters. Duncan also specialised in crisis management for clients and advised on some of the most high profile corporate issues in Ireland. Duncan regularly appeared for clients in the Workplace Relations Commission, the Circuit Court, the High Court, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court. Duncan also acted for partnerships in mediated settlements and in proceedings in the High Court.
Duncan now works as an Employment Mediator (CEDR Accredited) and Investigator.
The plaintiff brought an application to the High Court for an injunction to restrain the defendant from terminating her employment on the grounds of gross misconduct.
The plaintiff worked at a firm of which the defendant was the principal. One day, the plaintiff was on a call with the defendant which she found to be extremely embarrassing and degrading. Following this, the plaintiff left the office and was certified unfit to work. During the subsequent period of absence, the plaintiff wrote a 28-page letter setting out the issues which had caused difficulties in the office over the years. She hand-delivered this letter to the defendant at her home on the evening of 15 June 2022. The manner of
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Conducting Workplace Investigations and Alternative Conflict Resolution Methods