The High Court has been asked to overturn a disciplinary finding against a teacher over an incident in which he allegedly called a male student “a little bitch”.
The case was previously rejected by the High Court’s Mr Justice Michael Twomey but the Court of Appeal overturned that decision last August and sent the case back for a re-hearing in the High Court.Mr Dillon, a teacher for 34 years, went on sick leave following the alleged disciplinary process, later resigned from the CUS on medical advice, and has had serious difficulty finding another job since, the court heard.
The student also claimed, after telling Mr Dillon the following day he could not attend class due to a school sports’ commitment, he was told he would be kicked out of class for three weeks.The boy alleged he told Mr Dillon he was not allowed call him a “little bitch”.A disciplinary process was carried out by the school board and Mr Dillon was issued in April 2015 with a final written warning which would stay active for 12 months.
Opening the rehearing, Brian Murray SC, for Mr Dillon, said the final written warning was disproportionate, the procedures adopted by the school board were flawed, breached his client’s rights and were contrary to procedures introduced for school disciplinary matters in 2009.
If he said the things alleged he was disrespectful, unfair and picking on that student on more than one occasion. It's great that some students have the confidence to stand up to bullying these days, but sadly most don't
Who'd want a teaching job right now ..thankless task ..
She probably was
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