Solicitor Ammi Burke's application for expedited hearing of case against WRC refused

In giving her ruling on the application, judge repeatedly asked Ms Burke not to interrupt her and warned the court registrar would have to mute Ms Burke’s microphone if she continued to speak over her

Ammi Burke brought what she said was an 'urgent' application seeking an earlier return date and an expedited hearing of her claim. She sought this in the 'extremely rare circumstances' of a summary dismissal of a solicitor.

A High Court judge has refused an application from solicitor Ammi Burke seeking an expedited hearing date for her challenge to the Workplace Relations Commission’s (WRC’s) rejection of her unfair dismissal claim.

Last May an independent adjudication officer threw out her complaint to the WRC that she had been unfairly dismissed in November 2019 from leading law firm Arthur Cox LLP.