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Capsticks behind move to remove judge from tribunal hearing after he slammed NHS commissioning body for hiding documents from claimant

John Webster : NHS executive criticised by employment judge The law firm Capsticks – which has a national contract with the NHS to handle employment tribunal cases – was behind an attempt to remove a judge from hearing a constructive dismissal case involving a senior official at a NHS clinical commissioning group in Norfolk. The case – highlighted by BBC Norfolk yesterday- led the judge calling…

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Former President National Union of Students (NUS), Shaima Dallali. "I Am An Anti-Zionist 🐖 🐷 🐖 🐗, And A Proud Pro-Palestinian.”

Former NUS President Settles With Union Over Antisemitism Claims

Shaima Dallali, ousted as NUS president in 2022, said to have accepted ‘substantial’ settlement before tribunal

— Richard Adams, Education Editor | May 07, 2024 | Guardian USA

A former president of the National Union of Students is said to have accepted a “substantial” settlement to end her legal action against the union following her dismissal over allegations of antisemitism.

Shaima Dallali was ousted as NUS UK president in November 2022 after an investigation claimed she had made “significant breaches” of the union’s antisemitism policies. But shortly before Dallali’s legal challenge was to be heard by an employment tribunal, the NUS and Dallali’s lawyers said a settlement had been agreed.

A joint statement read: “We are pleased to confirm that a settlement has been reached between Shaima Dallali and the National Union of Students, bringing an end to the proceedings before the employment tribunal.”

Dallali’s dismissal came after an investigation into antisemitism within the organisation, headed by a barrister, Rebecca Tuck, amid concerns over a social media post written 10 years earlier by Dallali that referenced a seventh-century battle between Muslims and Jews.

The NUS said it now accepted that “pro-Palestinian and anti-Zionist beliefs may be protected beliefs, as may pro-Zionist beliefs. As a private individual Ms Dallali is, and as president of NUS she was, entitled to hold protected beliefs.”

The NUS statement added: “Throughout this matter, Ms Dallali has suffered truly horrific abuse, which has included death threats, threats of sexual assault and flagrant Islamophobia. This is wholly unacceptable, and NUS categorically condemn it.

“Ms Dallali now has the right to move on with her life and her career free from harassment or abuse.”

While both sides said the terms of the settlement were confidential, people familiar with the case said it was likely that the union had paid Dallali’s legal costs and a further sum as part of the settlement.

The settlement follows a ruling earlier this year that David Miller, a former professor at the University of Bristol, had been unfairly dismissed over his anti-Zionist views, which qualify as philosophical beliefs protected under the Equality Act.

Tayab Ali, the director of the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians, said: “We now have clear legal recognition that criticism of Israel and of Zionism amounts to a protected belief and cannot be suppressed. This must be considered by universities before they decide to take any disciplinary or other action against their students.”

Dallali said: “I am an anti-Zionist and a proud pro-Palestinian. Following today’s settlement, I look forward to being able to focus on continuing to dedicate myself to the Palestinian cause and to serving my community.

“I am immensely grateful to those who have supported me during this difficult chapter in my life and I am pleased that all parties can now move on. Now more than ever, it is important that all communities come together for peace and justice.”

The NUS UK’s latest accounts revealed that the union spent more than £800,000 on the antisemitism investigation since 2022.

After Dallali’s election as president in March 2022, the NUS received complaints about her 2012 tweet that read: “Khaybar Khaybar O Jews … Muhammad’s army will return Gaza,” referencing a historical battle. Dallali later apologised for the tweet.

The joint statement issued on Tuesday said: “As has been noted repeatedly in the media, NUS was very concerned by a tweet that was written by Ms Dallali when she was a teenager, before she was even a student, in 2012.

“Ms Dallali has accepted that while it was not her intention, the tweet was antisemitic. Both parties accept that Ms Dallali has repeatedly apologised for that tweet.”

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Kerswell keeps councillors waiting for her tribunal feedback

CROYDON IN CRISIS: How will the borough’s £192,474 per year chief executive explain the suggestion that she lied under oath when defending herself against allegations of racism? By KEN LEE, Town Hall reporter Time to report back: Katherine Kerswell, the council CEO Almost a month has passed since the end of the controversial Employment Tribunal hearing that cost Croydon’s long-suffering Council…

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Definitely Not a Top Score - REPUBLISHED

And now for something a little different… Amidst the cost of living crisis, bad employers have been in the news recently. One company presently being complained of in an Employment Tribunal and to the Information Commissioner’s Office [ICO] is Topscore Technologies, a small subsidiary of what is called the Unseen Group (in reality, a company called GradTouch Limited). The allegations include…

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IR35 Disputes – Richard Alcock Back To The Drawing Board

Richard Alcock, a self-employed contractor, is currently embroiled in a lengthy legal battle with HMRC over his tax status under IR35 legislation. After years of dispute, the case has been remitted to the First-tier Tribunal with a potential liability of £240,000. Alcock’s situation underscores the complexities of IR35 regulations for contractors and highlights the importance of understanding and…

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Sometimes it can be the things that people don't actually say but rather what they have done that gets them into the most trouble! The problem for any 'fibber' in any situation is that they have to have a good memory, certainly about the evidence that they already provided you with beforehand 🤣 Epic Fail! But only one of many!

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Guest blog: Sellafield deploys reverse glasnost

by Philip Whiteley Sellafield site As reported on this blog earlier this week, the confrontational, five-and-a-half-year whistleblowing litigation between equalities adviser Alison McDermott and Sellafield and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority last week featured a one-day costs hearing at Leeds Employment Tribunal, even though an earlier costs award against Ms McDermott had been ruled as…

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Judge holds hearing to decide whether Dr Usha Prasad unfair dismissal case can go ahead

Dr Usha Prasad Dr Usha Prasad, the whistleblower cardiologist sacked by the Epsom and St Helier University Hospital Trust, was back at an employment tribunal yesterday to fight for a hearing that she had been unfairly dismissed. The public hearing was delayed for nearly two hours because 400 pages of legal papers from the trust could not be immediately accessed to be read by the judge. So both…

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Whistleblower Dr Chris Day wins right to appeal in his ten year patient safety battle against Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Dr Chris Day Whistleblower Dr Chris Day won the right to appeal today when a a Deputy High Court Judge Andrew Burns of the Employment Appeal Tribunal granted permission to appeal the November 2022 decision of the London South Employment Tribunal on five out of eight grounds at a hearing in London. My blog on this case is here: Tribunal of the Absurd: My Verdict on the Dr Chris Day whistleblower…

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How the toxic management of a health trust and law firm Capsticks got rid of a senior nurse whistleblower

Thurdy Campbell A former senior nurse at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich has come forward with a fresh tale of the toxic management at the Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust and their treatment of whistleblowers in the wake of the tribunal verdict involving staff nurse Francisca Holmes. Francisca lost her case against the trust management over her treatment but the judge ruled she had genuine…

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Croydon in 2023: Murder, school closures and Westfield blight

Crime scene: aerial shots from the Whitgift Centre bus stop on Wellesley Road show the crime incident tent following the deadly attack on 15-year-old schoolgirl Elianne Andam THE YEAR IN REVIEW Part 3 – September to December It’s not like there’s ever any shortage of stories to cover in Croydon. But even by this area’s usual standards, the news that Inside Croydon reported, often exclusively, in…

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A Christmas present to Croydon: another court victory

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Our cash-strapped council has squandered thousands of pounds of public money to try to suppress documents that were in the public domain. Again. STEVEN DOWNES, Inside Croydon’s Editor, on the council’s latest failed efforts to gag this website For cash-strapped Croydon Council, the local authority that claims it doesn’t have any money to pay for public services, it was no…

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Tribunal judge finds no evidence of racism or unfair dismissal

CROYDON IN CRISIS: A landmark judgement, handed down today, determined that the council did not act in a racist, prejudicial or harrassing manner towards one of its former senior staff members. By STEVEN DOWNES This was one battle that David lost to Goliath. Cleared: the Employment Tribunal dismissed the case brought against council CEO Katherine Kerswell Today, at the end of the three-week…