Council loses £1m case over medical questionnaire

Cheltenham Borough Council has lost what was labelled by the judge as a “novel case”. The local authority had accused Christine Laird, its former Chief Executive, of lying on the medical questionnaire she filled in when she applied for the role.

The case is believed to be the first concerned with false statements on a CV or medical questionnaire. The council alleged that Laird should have declared bouts of depression she had suffered before her role at the council. The spec... (500 more words)

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