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Right. The unfair dismissal tribunal was not there to decide on whether she was or wasn't responsible for failings in her department that led to the death of Baby P, but to rule on whether she was unfairly dismissed. It ruled she was, and that seems to have been the correct ruling.
It shouldn't...
Same principle if I'm in a crowded bar. First round I tip the guy/gal behind the bar a tenner. That way I never have to wait to be served for the rest of the night.
And it turns out she was unfairly dismissed and was awarded £680,000 in compensation. The then Education Secretary Ed Balls, under pressure from the press to "do something", arbitrarily dismissed her, even though he had no authority to do so and without going through the correct procedures.