Caroline Connolly v Western Health and Social Care [2017]

We covered an earlier NICA decision on this case in 2016, when the case was remitted back to an employment tribunal due to concerns about the adequacy of the tribunal's investigations:
https://www.legal-island.com/articles/uk/case-law/2016/mar/caroline-connolly-v-western-health--social-care-trust-2016/

After another tribunal decision, it has now been heard again and a majority of the Court of Appeal has found in favour of the employee.

The appellant, a nurse at Altnagelvin Hospital, was dismissed for gross misconduct. She suffered from asthma and during the course of her shift felt the onset of an attack. She used a Ventolin inhaler from a locked medicine cupboard to combat the effects.