The Court of Appeal of Northern Ireland did not have jurisdiction to hear a purported appeal under the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 against the lifting of reporting restrictions following a young offender’s conviction for serious sexual offences as the order had not been made on conviction as was required by s.8. The interim reporting restriction order had been made shortly before the giving of sentence.
ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE ANONYMITY APPEAL AGAINST LIFTING OF REPORTING RESTRICTIONS ON YOUNG OFFENDER APPEALS AGAINST SENTENCE art.22(1) art.22(2) art.22(3) art.3 art.8 CRIMINAL APPEAL (NORTHERN IRELAND) ACT 1980 s.8 CRIMINAL JUSTICE (CHILDREN) (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1998 art.22 CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 1988 s.159(1)(c) CRIMINAL PROCEDURE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS 1950 art.6 JURISDICTION NORTHERN IRELAND OPEN JUSTICE ORDER NOT MADE ON CONVICTION REPORTING RESTRICTIONS s.159 SEXUAL OFFENCES SEXUAL OFFENCES (AMENDMENT) ACT 1992 s.1 YOUNG OFFENDERS
An employer was justified, on grounds of reputational risk and a breakdown of trust and confidence, in dismissing an employee after the police had disclosed that the employee posed a risk to children, where it had discharged its duty to make a reasonable investigation.
art.8 CHILD SEX OFFENCES DISCLOSURE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS ACT 1996 s.98(4) EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS 1950 art.6 MUTUAL TRUST AND CONFIDENCE POLICE POLICE DISCLOSURE THAT EMPLOYEE POSED RISK TO CHILDREN POLICE POWERS AND DUTIES REPUTATION REPUTATIONAL RISK IN ABSENCE OF PROVEN MISCONDUCT s.9(8) s.98(1) s.98(1)(b) s.98(1)(d) s.98(2) s.98(2)(b) SHOWING SUBSTANTIAL REASON FOR DISMISSAL SUMMARY DISMISSAL UNFAIR DISMISSAL WRONGFUL DISMISSAL
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