Deming Gao wins High Court illness reclassification case

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Garda Deming Gao won a High Court challenge to the Garda Commissioner's decision to reclassify his illness from an injury on duty to ordinary illness. The proceedings were reported on 20 April 2018.

Mr Justice Paul Coffey quashed the reclassification decision after finding that the Commissioner had not explained the alleged error, in breach of fair-procedure requirements. The case was to return to the High Court for final orders in two weeks.