Enoch Burke turns up to school again despite sacking - read OP before posting

No doubt, but his argument will be that his rights were being infringed first and that the failure of the school to consider that, led to what followed.

Whether that argument has merit, will be for a Judge to decide. One thing is certain, this will roll on for years to come, he will drag the school down the same rabbit hole the family did with the University.

That's in the appendix. Nobody ever reads the appendix. Enoch is just more diligent than most.

Hmmmm ….never knew so many of our learned friends subscribed to this platform?

I’ll wait till tomorrow I think!

Does Paddy Power have odds on the Mammy being there and being removed from court.

Might be worth slipping a pony on that

I'm sorry but you must live in a very sheltered world. People can and do raise objections to matters they don't agree with. Burke allegedly shouting or talking loudly at his principal falls very far down the scale of what some get up to, when they take a mind to object.

Burke's tactics currently seem to be to avoid the school disciplinary hearing and get the more substantive matter from his POV into the courts. He's in difficulty by virtue of a breaking court injunction last autumn but that arose from the suspension which arose from the disagreement with his principal which arose from his substantive objection on religious grounds. He's quite entitled as a citizen to use the courts and legal system to defend his position.

He had no right to verbally abuse the principal. In my world professionals act in a professional manner. Clearly your world is much different.

So we've reduced this whole matter now to the allegation that Burke verbally abused his principal. And that is his great crime.. allegedly shouting/ talking loudly/ addressing his school principal!!!!!!!!!!!

That's what it comes down to! Utterly ridiculous that it got this far and if I was the school, I know what I'd be doing.

Burke's tactics currently seem to be to avoid the school disciplinary hearing and get the more substantive matter from his POV into the courts.

There is no other substantive matter. That's in yer heads.

Any points in law will have to based on factual reality, not what you or Burke would like it to be based on.

The Hearing will go ahead with or without him, he will I reasonably assume have his contract of employment terminated. Although he has been given so much leeway this far, fúck knows what will happen.

He will then if he wishes, appeal, go to WRC, labour court, etc.

At no point will his fantasy be indulged, because that isn't how the law operates.

Under law. It's harassing a fellow employee, this employee also happens to be his boss, it's grounds for straight termination.

It's actually listed, so not even subjective.

So is abuse of school property. Straight termination for that one too. Toast. 🤷‍♂️

that was the first of the things he did wrong. that is what he was facing disciplinary sanctions for. you think the school should have just ignored it. some of us expect higher standards from professionals.

Completely irrelevant to the discussion at hand, but the word "they" has been a perfectly acceptable singular gender neutral pronoun in English since at least the 13th century, and doing so is in no way contrary to any scientific fact. We use it all the time in sentences like "Did someone knock at the door? Are they coming in?", "I saw someone outside. They were wearing a red coat.", and always have done.

In fact, you just used their as a singular gender neutral pronoun in your post!

It could be group think; everyone else mindlessly agreeing with each other simply out of a deep-seated psychological desire for conformity and acceptance, and you are the one lone sane rebel with your eyes open, able to stand tall against it.

or

You could be just wrong, and everyone else is just pointing that obvious fact out to you.

Objectively, which do you think is the most likely?