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Double jeopardy: no strict rule about second set of disciplinary proceedings for same offence

unfair dismissal | disciplinary procedure | double jeopardy

The Court of Appeal has held that an employer's decision to start a second set of disciplinary proceedings after an employee has already been disciplined for the same offence does not automatically render a subsequent dismissal unfair.