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I remember this woman.
I owned an end of terrace first floor flat in Cheltenham and the front door faced out from the end of the terrace to a gap in the terrace. The council gave a builder planning permission to squeeze-build a property in the gap resulting in a bedroom window directly facing my front door just 9 feet away.
The approved plans actually showed my front round the side of my building but the council refused my request for the plans to be redrawn and submitted again.
I had 2 frosty meetings with Christine Laird, and during one I asked her how she'd feel about people copulating within 3 yards of her front door, seperated by just a pane of glass. She refused to take a view on it so I suggested, in the interests of research, I conducted the experiment at her place.
I always thought she was a bit odd.
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/to...cle5416130.ece
Council to sue former director Christine Laird for £750,000
Christine Laird was Cheltenham's chief executive
A council has begun legal action to recover more than £750,000 from its former chief executive.
Christine Laird, 50, spent 18 of the 36 months that she was employed by Cheltenham borough council as its £75,000-a-year managing director off work suffering from stress. Her employment with the council was terminated in August 2005.
The council is now claiming costs from its former employee totalling £754,392.47 in the High Court. The result is expected to be a landmark ruling as, for the first time, a local authority is bringing action under the Local Government Act 1999.
The council claims that Mrs Laird “misrepresented and misstated” her fitness for employment on an application form. The case against Mrs Laird, scheduled to last 38 days, is due to begin on January 26.
Mrs Laird was appointed chief executive in January 2002 and within weeks infuriated colleagues by sacking five long-serving officials. She was suspended on full pay in June 2004 for undisclosed reasons.
Mrs Laird filed 25 official complaints against Andrew McKinlay, the council leader, but only one was upheld. Mrs Laird then pursued a legal claim against him but lost and was ordered to pay £96,100 in costs.
Steve ******, the current leader of the council, said: “The council has taken legal advice from experts and decided to pursue a claim against the former chief executive.”
I owned an end of terrace first floor flat in Cheltenham and the front door faced out from the end of the terrace to a gap in the terrace. The council gave a builder planning permission to squeeze-build a property in the gap resulting in a bedroom window directly facing my front door just 9 feet away.
The approved plans actually showed my front round the side of my building but the council refused my request for the plans to be redrawn and submitted again.
I had 2 frosty meetings with Christine Laird, and during one I asked her how she'd feel about people copulating within 3 yards of her front door, seperated by just a pane of glass. She refused to take a view on it so I suggested, in the interests of research, I conducted the experiment at her place.
I always thought she was a bit odd.
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/to...cle5416130.ece
Council to sue former director Christine Laird for £750,000
Christine Laird was Cheltenham's chief executive
A council has begun legal action to recover more than £750,000 from its former chief executive.
Christine Laird, 50, spent 18 of the 36 months that she was employed by Cheltenham borough council as its £75,000-a-year managing director off work suffering from stress. Her employment with the council was terminated in August 2005.
The council is now claiming costs from its former employee totalling £754,392.47 in the High Court. The result is expected to be a landmark ruling as, for the first time, a local authority is bringing action under the Local Government Act 1999.
The council claims that Mrs Laird “misrepresented and misstated” her fitness for employment on an application form. The case against Mrs Laird, scheduled to last 38 days, is due to begin on January 26.
Mrs Laird was appointed chief executive in January 2002 and within weeks infuriated colleagues by sacking five long-serving officials. She was suspended on full pay in June 2004 for undisclosed reasons.
Mrs Laird filed 25 official complaints against Andrew McKinlay, the council leader, but only one was upheld. Mrs Laird then pursued a legal claim against him but lost and was ordered to pay £96,100 in costs.
Steve ******, the current leader of the council, said: “The council has taken legal advice from experts and decided to pursue a claim against the former chief executive.”
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