Employers will not breach their duty of care by starting the disciplinary process where this is objectively within the range of reasonable responses, given the evidence which was or should have been available after a reasonable investigation. The fact that the disciplinary charge is later dismissed or that another employer might reasonably have taken a different approach does not in itself mean that there was a breach. (Coventry University v Mian, CoA).
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