I am at the end of my tether: I had a CMD with the ET service yesterday and the QC representing my former employer acted, in my view, in an utterly unprofessional manner. Before the judge arrived, he leaned over and in a stage whisper, said to my lawyer 'you do know that I represented against your client in an employment dispute some 12 years ago?' He then said that I was the subject of a criminal investigation by the police into expenses I had claimed when employed. I had of course informed my lawyer that I had previously taken action against an employer for sexual discrimination - and that I had accepted compensation from them in regard to this prior to ET - the agreement was subject to a confidentiality agreement at that time. I am not a 'serial complainer' and have had a successful career for the last 12 years. The news about a police investigation was a bolt from the blue - I have not been informed about this and had no reason to believe that such action was pending. When the QC then introduced this in the CMD, the judge very quickly asked if I knew anything about it and on hearing that I did not, said that the ET service would write to the police about this. My problem is - what can I do about each of these things? Is a QC able to behave in this way and can he introduce something like this without telling me? My case is a very complex one involving whistle blowing in a charity - I was made redundant after raising these matters with my employers and then, following no response, with the regulators. My lawyer says that the tactics used by the QC were despicable and unprofessional - but demonstrate that my former employers are 'running scared'. They were also very keen yesterday to ensure that there was no PHR to establish the protected disclosure aspect - am I better pushing for this? The case has been allocated 4 weeks next year to be heard. Can anyone help me on this? can I petition the judge about the way the QC behaved - has he breached the CA of 12 years ago - can he be removed from the case? What do I do about the purported police investigation - I need to clear this up?