Witness compensated for “unfair” judge
Government must pay damages to social worker wrongly accused of misconduct
A former social worker has been awarded compensation of €24,000 (just over £20,000) after a circuit judge made “very substantial and professionally damning criticisms” of her in a process that appeal judges found was “intrinsically unfair”.
The UK was ordered to pay the damages yesterday by the European Court of Human Rights. The government must also pay…
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