Lawyer awarded €55,000 for constructive dismissal by Limerick legal practice

An employment appeals tribunal has awarded €55,000 to a solicitor who, it found, was constructively dismissed from her employment with a Limerick legal practice.

Roisin O’Connell had been given a full position in Melvyn Hanley solicitors in 2001.

Her salary, set in 2002, included commission on any new business she secured, up to 2007.