Surrey County Council has been ordered to pay compensation to a head teacher after it was found guilty of negligence causing emotional stress. The council has to pay the sum of £387,779 in damages to the head teacher, Mrs Conner.
The stress was caused primarily by two members of the school’s governing body, Mr Saleem and Mr Martin. The two attempted to take over meetings to improve the position for the Muslim faith within the school. Mr Martin complained of racism against Mrs Conner, which in itself was deemed an act of racism by the judge.
Mrs Conner suffered nervous depression which prompted her to claim for compensation against the council as they should have taken steps to prevent the verbal attacks.
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