The recent case of City of Edinburgh Council v Dickson made the headlines (on the Metro website) because of the claimant's lurid conduct (watching pornography in the employer's public computer suite) and his unusual defence (that diabetes had brought on an episode in which he was not responsible for his actions). But the case is interesting for a different reason for employment law specialists: the employment tribunal made an order, opposed by the employer, that the claimant should be reinstated.

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