British blogger wins dismissal case

Posted on March 30, 2007
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From The Register – story here:

The English woman sacked for blogging by the accountants she worked for in Paris has won her case for unfair dismissal.

Catherine Sanderson ran what she considered an anonymous blog while working in Paris for accountancy firm Dixon Wilson. When the beancounters were told of her blog she was sacked for gross misconduct. Sanderson believed the firm could not be identified from her blog while the accountants believed that a picture of her on the blog was enough to identify them.

The Register reports that ‘Ms Sanderson was awarded a year’s salary plus costs‘.