Mrs Lisa Sturgeon was appointed as an Employment Judge for the office of the Industrial Tribunals and the Fair Employment Tribunal on 7 September 2020.
Lisa’s first book, An Introduction to Business Law in Northern Ireland, was published in 2010 (a second updated edition was published in 2016) and is now a key text at both Queen’s University and the Ulster University. It is also the essential textbook used by accountancy students sitting the CAP I Law Exam.
Any queries on any articles written by Lisa prior to becoming an Employment Judge should be directed to Napier Solicitors.
In this Education Quarterly Law Update, Lisa Sturgeon, Associate Director with Napier Solicitors, discusses how the use (and misuse) of social media has become an increasing problem for both Principals and their staff alike to deal with. This article considers five issues:
- The use of social media in a school setting;
- The use of social media by teachers both in a professional and personal capacity;
- The use of social media by parents of pupils who use social media to criticise schools or teachers – what is acceptable, what crosses the line and what right of redress does a school have;
- What legal action a School/Board of Governors can take against a parent who abuses a teacher/member of staff on
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