Miss S Lewis v The Governing Body of Tai'rgwaith Primary School [2022]
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Decision Number
EAT 16 -
Legal Body
Employment Appeal Tribunal (UKEAT) -
Type of Claim / Jurisdiction
Dismissal, Tribunal Practice, Procedures and Jurisdictional Issues
Introduction
On 2 February 2022, the EAT handed down its decision in the case of Lewis v The Governing Body of Tai’rgwaith Primary School[1]. The case involved a teacher who was dismissed by the school following an incident in which a pupil was pulled to the floor.
Industrial Tribunals in Northern Ireland are not strictly obliged to follow judgments of the EAT for England and Wales. However, an Industrial Tribunal in this jurisdiction will generally take such judgments into account when making their own decisions.
Factual background
The teacher in this case began working at the school in September 2001. Child B was a pupil in the teacher’s class. Child B had learning difficulties. On 15
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