AB Reilly v Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council [2018] UKSC 16

The case was summed up by the majority of the Supreme Court as follows: “Ms Reilly, the head teacher of a primary school, is in a close relationship with Mr Selwood but it is not sexual and they do not live together. Mr Selwood is convicted of making indecent images of children. Ms Reilly has previously been unaware of his criminal activities. She fails to inform the school’s governing body of his conviction with the result that, when it learns of it, her employer summarily dismisses her. The Employment Tribunal (“the tribunal”) decides that, save in an irrelevant procedural respect, her dismissal has not been unfair. Should the tribunal’s decision stand?”

Anna acted for Sandwell MBC in the Employment Tribunal, the Employment Appeal Tribunal and the Supreme Court. She was on maternity leave for the Court of Appeal hearing.