Northern Ireland Case Review 2017 and Key Next Steps
Published on: 07/12/2017
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Maxine Orr Employment Judge
Maxine Orr Employment Judge
Maxine orr

Maxine Orr was a regular writer of articles for Legal Island before becoming an Employment Judge in 2018. Any queries on any articles written by Maxine prior to becoming an Employment Judge should be directed to Worthingtons Solicitors.

Northern Ireland has a very active tribunal system and our own employment judges that issue detailed and reasoned decisions. Our Court of Appeal has had to contend with a spate of employment-related cases this year.

Maxine Orr, Partner, Worthingtons, analyses case law and offers practical advice on what you should now do in order to comply with developing case law in NI at our 2017 Annual Review of Employment Law conference. In the session (video and transcription below), Maxine covers the following cases:

  1. Court of Appeal - Lindsay Knox v Henderson Retail Ltd (WEI10237) and Caroline Connolly v Western Health & Social Care Trust (1258/13IT)
  2. Unfair Dismissal - Eamonn McGrath v Southern Health & Social Care Trust (583/16IT)
  3. Victimisation

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Disclaimer The information in this article is provided as part of Legal Island's Employment Law Hub. We regret we are not able to respond to requests for specific legal or HR queries and recommend that professional advice is obtained before relying on information supplied anywhere within this article. This article is correct at 07/12/2017