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A barrister who dealt in the chemsex pills that killed his teenage boyfriend went on a drugs binge after he was suspended from the profession, a tribunal has heard. Henry Hendron, 40, is facing 18 charges of professional misconduct brought by the Bar Standards Board in relation to behaviour which followed a previous suspension. In … Read more
A black teenager has won £16,000 after a tribunal ruled Topshop bosses were racist for calling her ‘thick’ and she was ‘earning a lot of money for someone like her’. Shaniqua McKenzie, who was 16 at the time, was asked by her bosses at a Topshop in Wimbledon, London, how her grandma could afford to … Read more
A drunk BUPA doctor was arrested as she tried to drive home from a 9am patient clinic following an evening celebrating her son’s promotion, a medical tribunal heard. Consultant Radiologist Dr Margaret Phelan, 67, attended a private hospital in Kensington, west London for a series of consultations despite still being intoxicated from the night before. The mother-of-three … Read more
Virgin Atlantic ticket agent stole £1,000 in cash that passenger handed to her to secure Upper Class upgrade on London to New York flight, tribunal hears Karin Forshaw, from London, was dismissed for failing to register transaction She first claimed to Virgin no cash changed hands before saying it had been lost Virgin dismissed Forshaw … Read more
A vegan animal rights activist was wrongfully dismissed for blowing the whistle on an anti-hunting charity’s ‘unethical’ pension investments, a tribunal heard today. Jordi Casamitjana, 56, was sacked from his position as head of policy and research at the League Against Cruel Sports (LACS) in April 2018 after sending an email to colleagues about alternative … Read more