Chief seeks sack review.THE former children's services chief who lost her job over the Baby P tragedy was today launching a judicial challenge against her sacking. Sharon Shoesmith, 56, was dismissed without compensation by Haringey Council in north London North London is a part of London, England which has several possible definitions. River & geography The part of London north of the River Thames (illustrated). in December after a damning report into her department's failings. She was bringing judicial review proceedings against the council, Children's Secretary Ed Balls and regulator Ofsted at the High Court today. Mr Balls sent Ofsted inspectors into Haringey last November after the trial of those responsible for the death of Baby P, who can now be named as Peter Connelly. The review team identified a string of "serious concerns" about the local authority's child protection services, which they condemned as "inadequate". Mr Balls removed Ms Shoesmith from her senior post on December 1 and Haringey formally dismissed her a week later. She attempted to overturn the decision to sack her but a panel of councillors rejected her appeal. In March Ms Shoesmith lodged an employment tribunal Employment Tribunals are inferior courts in Great Britain which have statutory jurisdiction to hear many kinds of disputes between employers and employees. The most common disputes being concerned with unfair dismissal and discrimination. claim for unfair dismissal unfair dismissal n → despido improcedente unfair dismissal n → licenciement abusif unfair dismissal unfair n → against Haringey Council and launched her judicial review application. Her solicitor, Tony Child, from law firm Beachcroft, alleged that Ofsted's report on Haringey children's services was "unlawful". |
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