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    • Thank-you dx, What you have written is certainly helpful to my understanding. The only thing I would say, what I found to be most worrying and led me to start this discussion is, I believe the judge did not merely admonish the defendant in the case in question, but used that point to dismiss the case in the claimants favour. To me, and I don't have your experience or knowledge, that is somewhat troubling. Again, the caveat being that we don't know exactly what went on but I think we can infer the reason for the judgement. Thank-you for your feedback. EDIT: I guess that the case I refer to is only one case and it may never happen again and the strategy not to appeal is still the best strategy even in this event, but I really did find the outcome of that case, not only extremely annoying but also worrying. Let's hope other judges are not quite so narrow minded and don't get fixated on one particular issue as FTMDave alluded to.
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    • the claimant in their WS can refer to whatever previous CC judgements they like, as we do in our WS's, but CC judgements do not set a legal precedence. however, they do often refer to judgements like Bevis, those cases do created a precedence as they were court of appeal rulings. as for if the defendant, prior to the raising of a claim, dobbed themselves in as the driver in writing during any appeal to the PPC, i don't think we've seen one case whereby the claimant referred to such in their WS.. ?? but they certainly typically include said appeal letters in their exhibits. i certainly dont think it's a good idea to 'remind' them of such at the defence stage, even if the defendant did admit such in a written appeal. i would further go as far to say, that could be even more damaging to the whole case than a judge admonishing a defendant for not appealing to the PPC in the 1st place. it sort of blows the defendant out the water before the judge reads anything else. dx  
    • Hi LFI, Your knowledge in this area is greater than I could possibly hope to have and as such I appreciate your feedback. I'm not sure that I agree the reason why a barrister would say that, only to get new customers, I'm sure he must have had professional experience in this area that qualifies him to make that point. 🙂 In your point 1 you mention: 1] there is a real danger that some part of the appeal will point out that the person appealing [the keeper ] is also the driver. I understand the point you are making but I was referring to when the keeper is also the driver and admits it later and only in this circumstance, but I understand what you are saying. I take on board the issues you raise in point 2. Is it possible that a PPC (claimant) could refer back to the case above as proof that the motorist should have appealed, like they refer back to other cases? Thanks once again for the feedback.
    • Well barristers would say that in the hope that motorists would go to them for advice -obviously paid advice.  The problem with appealing is at least twofold. 1] there is a real danger that some part of the appeal will point out that the person appealing [the keeper ] is also the driver.  And in a lot of cases the last thing the keeper wants when they are also the driver is that the parking company knows that. It makes it so much easier for them as the majority  of Judges do not accept that the keeper and the driver are the same person for obvious reasons. Often they are not the same person especially when it is a family car where the husband, wife and children are all insured to drive the same car. On top of that  just about every person who has a valid insurance policy is able to drive another person's vehicle. So there are many possibilities and it should be up to the parking company to prove it to some extent.  Most parking company's do not accept appeals under virtually any circumstances. But insist that you carry on and appeal to their so called impartial jury who are often anything but impartial. By turning down that second appeal, many motorists pay up because they don't know enough about PoFA to argue with those decisions which brings us to the second problem. 2] the major parking companies are mostly unscrupulous, lying cheating scrotes. So when you appeal and your reasons look as if they would have merit in Court, they then go about  concocting a Witness Statement to debunk that challenge. We feel that by leaving what we think are the strongest arguments to our Member's Witness Statements, it leaves insufficient time to be thwarted with their lies etc. And when the motorists defence is good enough to win, it should win regardless of when it is first produced.   
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I was on this forum roughly 1 year ago when I was called to a disciplinary meeting by my employer, I was given the choice to resign by choice or to be dismissed and appeal and I chose appeal. Obviously I lost the appeal and was then dismissed. By the way I was dismissed as my employer felt my sickness was too high and not in line with there standards etc even though I came with full medical evidence to show I was suffering from severe migraines since 10years old and they had significantly got worsened and was due to attend a appointment with a neurologist for further investigation.

 

 

I now have a year later applied for another role for which i have been offered the job subject to compete reference checks obtained. I have so far not been asked if I was previously dismissed from my role at all so I haven't lied.

 

I'm just wondering wether my previous dismissal will show up on my reference. The new job is for British airways and would be for a airside pass.

 

Everyone's help would be appreciated as the anticipation is killing me.

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Hello there

 

I was on this forum roughly 1 year ago when I was called to a disciplinary meeting by my employer, I was given the choice to resign by choice or to be dismissed and appeal and I chose appeal. Obviously I lost the appeal and was then dismissed. By the way I was dismissed as my employer felt my sickness was too high and not in line with there standards etc even though I came with full medical evidence to show I was suffering from severe migraines since 10years old and they had significantly got worsened and was due to attend a appointment with a neurologist for further investigation.

 

 

I now have a year later applied for another role for which i have been offered the job subject to compete reference checks obtained. I have so far not been asked if I was previously dismissed from my role at all so I haven't lied.

 

I'm just wondering wether my previous dismissal will show up on my reference. The new job is for British airways and would be for a airside pass.

 

Everyone's help would be appreciated as the anticipation is killing me.

 

Was the employer who dismissed you your most recent employer or have you held a job since?

 

What do your prospective employers require from you when they ask for details for references ?

Does the new post require a reference from your most recent employer? Most recent two employers? Do you get to choose which past employers you can use for references?

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Yes that was my most recent employer. Since then it's been a year I've took this time for treatment and getting better and now i can control my migraines when I feel them coming on. I feel ready and fit for employment.my previous employer was BAA at the airport.

 

 

My new possible employer if these references don't mess up are in fact British airways. They need reference for the airside pass to cover all gaps in the last 5 years. My most recent employment is shown as BAA a year back and for the time between being dismissed to now I have put a character reference.

 

A lot of people have said I should have left bAA off my CV however i didn't want to lie at all as I still feel that was a one off where I was under so much stress. My mother was diagnosed with brain tumour around that time too and she also suffered from migraines. She had the same symptoms which scared me too. That's why I had so many appointments and long wait to be investigated.

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It would be extremely bad advice to leave any employment off an application form - not only could that be considered an act of fraud if discovered later and you had gained an advantage by failing to disclose, but especially with a job requiring airside clearance, the vetting is likely to be extremely thorough and would certainly be discovered.

 

You should disclose whatever you are asked to provide, and if the subject of the previous dismissal is discussed, then you can quite legitimately add that the dismissal was for a series of absences triggered by a medical condition, however you have taken time away from employment since then in order to properly diagnose and treat the conditon and are pleased to report that the chance of further absences are now minimised as a result.

 

Honesty with a frank explanation is always best if you want to gain the trust of a prospective employer!

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Thanks sidewinder for your response

 

Of course that's what I intend to do if they discover I was dismissed. I'm just curious to know wether they would just ask for dates or wether BAA would say more then confirming dates.

 

We'll if it comes up I do hope British airways question me about it so that I can tell them honestly about it.

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I have little doubt that even if not a detailed reference there would be a requirement to indicate the reason for dismissal as this could be highly relevant to the post being applied for - had you been dismissed for dishonesty, for example, then this might cause concern where the new employer might be putting you in charge of passengers' belongings.

 

A dismissal for an explainable record of absence however would be different - more so if you are able to discuss it fully with the person making the decision. I wish you the very best of luck with your application :-)

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I just thought i would update this thread so that it benefits anyone else in the same boat. I spoke to one of my union reps and they spoke to HR for me asking what their reference policy is. HR confirmed they only give dates etc and wont mention anything of dismissed based on sickness policy.

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