We Would Never Have Offered Job at Council Had We Known the Truth ; Former Council Boss Christine Laird, Who Is at the Centre of a Pounds1 Million High Court Battle, Would Never Have Got Her High- Flying Job in the First Place If She Had Told of Her History of Depressive Illness, a Court Heard.

Evening Post (Bristol, UK) › March 01, 2009

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Former council boss Christine Laird, who is at the centre of a pounds1 million High Court battle, would never have got her high- flying job in the first place if she had told of her history of depressive illness, a court heard.

Cheltenham Borough Council is attempting to win pounds1 million in damages from Mrs Laird after she took substantial sick leave from her managing director role between 2002 and 2005.

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We Would Never Have Offered Job at Council Had We Known the Truth ; Former Council Boss Christine Laird, Who Is at the Centre of a Pounds1 Million High Court Battle, Would Never Have Got Her High- Flying Job in the First Place If She Had Told of Her History of Depressive Illness, a Court Heard.

Conservative councillor Duncan Smith, leader of the council when Mrs Laird got the job in February 2002, said in a witness statement: "I do believe that, had t...

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