Solicitor Ammi Burke challenges WRC's handling of her unfair dismissal case

In her unfair dismissal case, Ammi Burke claims she was dismissed over her criticism of a partner at the Arthur Cox law firm

Ammi Burke claims she was prevented from returning to her office to collect her personal belongings, was handed her bag and coat by another colleague and directed to leave the building under threat of calling security.

A High Court judge is hearing an action by a solicitor over the handling by a Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) adjudication officer of her complaint she was unfairly dismissed by law firm Arthur Cox.

Ammi Burke brought the proceedings after an adjudication officer aborted her case in the wake of a significant Supreme Court decision in April with implications for WRC procedures. Adjudication officer Marie Flynn recused herself from the case and said Ms Burke’s case would need to be heard by a different officer.