Ammi Burke’s seven-year battle to get her job back
Ammi Burke, a young solicitor from Castlebar, Co Mayo, was dismissed by Arthur Cox Solicitors in November 2019 and is now on her third legal challenge to her dismissal.
In the Labour Court in Dublin this week, her former employers laid out its reasons for the dismissal and the events that led up to it that action.
Burke rejected Arthur Cox’s assertions, and more will be heard from her when the court resumes in early 2027.
She joined the prestigious firm as a trainee in 2016, qualified as a solicitor two years later and in January 2019, a key event, as detailed in the court, took place.
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