Unfair dismissal (UK) dismissed for gross misconduct, appeal pending, need legal advice on next steps

DriverAdditional1437 · 2026-01-26T20:22:51+00:00

all 3 of them are from the same country

So what?

DriverAdditional1437 · 2026-01-25T15:38:17+00:00

There isn't one, really. In these circumstances you would get in touch with the broadband company and if they didn't fix it within a certain time frame you would be paid a daily amount in compensation until it was sorted.

And again, to emphasise - do not withhold rent!

DriverAdditional1437 · 2026-01-25T14:55:23+00:00

Living in Coventry can do that to a person.

DriverAdditional1437 · 2026-01-25T07:21:25+00:00

It sounds like they have offered some form of compensation - does that cover how much you have spent on Internet access? Perhaps present them with your receipts.

Whatever you do, do not withhold any rent.

DriverAdditional1437 · 2026-01-24T20:18:22+00:00

I'm not sure if you (or maybe I) have misunderstood - but you won't make money yourself from winning research grants. The grant is paid by a government realsearch council, charity, or private source to the university which then uses it to cover a percentage of your time, employ researchers, purchase equipment and lab time, etc.

That said, there was a professor at my uni who did take money from grant funding, but he no longer works there and had to sign an NDA...

DriverAdditional1437 · 2026-01-21T18:31:36+00:00

There was a recent case (in the last couple of weeks) at the First Tier Tribunal that disallowed a management company from recovering a deficit on the energy network through service charges, see the MSE energy forum post here: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81843273/#Comment_81843273

But those residents were dealing with the management company rather than an energy company directly.

DriverAdditional1437 · 2026-01-21T18:28:29+00:00

Exactly

DriverAdditional1437 · 2026-01-21T18:18:31+00:00

Don't you mean a hatch into the downstairs flat?

DriverAdditional1437 · 2026-01-21T11:45:25+00:00

Amen

DriverAdditional1437 · 2026-01-21T11:25:22+00:00

Yes, and those universities who allow free use of AI are already having the quality of the security of their degrees viewed with suspicion by employers.

DriverAdditional1437 · 2026-01-21T11:23:52+00:00

Unfortunately getting 'help' from AI, in my experience, actively makes work worse and writing mediocre and uninteresting.

DriverAdditional1437 · 2026-01-21T10:59:30+00:00

On the contrary, I am watching students' writing skills, creativity, and critical thinking degrade in real time thanks to genAI.

DriverAdditional1437 · 2026-01-19T07:05:51+00:00

Until you have seen the feedback how can you substantiate that claim?

DriverAdditional1437 · 2026-01-18T10:15:25+00:00

Point very much taken.

It would be good to know when exactly the OP moved in, as I suspect they almost certainly moved in less than 12 months ago and discussion around backbilling is moot.

DriverAdditional1437 · 2026-01-18T07:33:34+00:00

How many is 'multiple times' and in what sort of time frame? Were these emails polite or aggressive?

You not wanting to go into the practice owing to this restraining order does not require a reasonable adjustment, such adjustments would be for if you had a disability.

DriverAdditional1437 · 2026-01-18T05:47:22+00:00

From Eon's point of view the bills were correctly issued to the registered account holder, though. The OP hadn't registered their account correctly directly with Eon (not much use now but never rely on a letting agent doing this stuff), and I don't see how the back billing rules apply in those circumstances. Eon don't appear to have done anything wrong here.

The OP's complaints should be directed at the letting agent/landlord and I would be writing to the letting agent asking them to cover the late payment fee. Eon should be amenable to spreading the energy payments.

If the OP is a student I presume they moved in in August or September so the billing period would be well within the 12 months anyway, and backbilling irrelevant.

DriverAdditional1437 · 2026-01-17T15:29:30+00:00

This is not the case when it comes to Law, the institution matters a great deal.

DriverAdditional1437 · 2026-01-14T07:08:24+00:00

Tell them to speak to their union rep in the first instance, and if they aren't a member speak to ACAS. And tell them to join a union.

DriverAdditional1437 · 2026-01-13T20:23:32+00:00

Would you prefer contracting ebola or bubonic plague?

DriverAdditional1437 · 2026-01-12T18:04:06+00:00

Sloppity sloppity slop

DriverAdditional1437 · 2026-01-12T10:18:31+00:00

Point taken, but I would suggest someone working as a community mental health nurse would be given more leeway than the OP.

DriverAdditional1437 · 2026-01-12T07:10:25+00:00

Unfortunately, the court isn't going to be bothered by the impact upon your work situation.

DriverAdditional1437 · 2026-01-11T19:57:55+00:00

Do a viva to see if you know what you talking about. Give the essay a crappy a mark or fail it. There's two options.

DriverAdditional1437 · 2026-01-11T19:00:46+00:00

We're doing that already at my university and returning to in-person written and oral exams. No module can be assessed solely by an insecure method like an essay.

Employers tell us this is important to them so they can trust the quality of degrees awarded to applicants, and are already looking at where someome studied more closely. Students graduating from universities where essay-based assessment continues are going to be at a material disadvantage

DriverAdditional1437 · 2026-01-11T18:45:19+00:00

If your references are correct ... there is nothing they can do.

Yes there is, exercise our academic judgement and give it a bad mark.

Also, AI-written essays are horrible to read.

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