Ex-Chelsea Doctor Sued Compensation After 'Forced Out'
Ex-Chelsea Doctor Sued Compensation After 'Forced Out'
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LONDON - Former Chelsea doctor, Eva Carneiro arrived this morning for a private tribunal hearing aimed at thrashing out a settlement with the club, without the details of her acrimonious departure being revealed in public.
As reported by Daily Mail, she claiming constructive dismissal against Chelsea, after she left her role in September following a high profile row with former Blues manager, Jose Mourinho. He branded her 'impulsive and naive' after she ran onto the pitch to treat midfielder Eden Hazard in the dying minutes of a match.
She also has a separate personal legal action against Mourinho for alleged victimisation and discrimination.
Today, the 42 year old held hands with her husband, polar explorer Jason De Carteret, as she arrived at the London South Employment Tribunal in Croydon for the private hearing.
The hearing in front of a tribunal judge will determine whether a settlement can be reached between Dr Carneiro, the club and Mourinho who was sacked by Chelsea in December after a disastrous string of results.
But failure to come to an agreement would mean that the Stamford Bridge club and Mourinho face details of Dr Carneiro's exit being made public - an embarrassing prospect which they want to avoid.
Dr Carneiro, who was represented by Mary O'Rourke QC, did not speak to media as she moved inside the tribunal centre. It is believed as well as compensation, she also wants Chelsea and their former manager to apologise.
"We're not expecting a resolution today. The two sides are so far apart financially. And we want Mr Mourinho to make a public apology," Dr Carneiro's barrister, Mary O'Rourke QC told to ITV News
Mourinho did not attend the private hearing but could be ordered to do so if and when the full tribunal commences, facing a possible fine of £1,000 if he does not show up.
The manager, who has been strongly-tipped to replace struggling Louis van Gaal at Manchester United was instead pictured out walking near his London home.
Dr Carneiro is claiming constructive dismissal against the club, after she left her role in September following a high profile row with former Blues manager Jose Mourinho
The doctor was dropped from first-team duties after then boss Mourinho criticised her and first-team physio Jon Fearn for going on to the pitch to treat Hazard on the opening day of the season on August 8.
Television footage of the incident appeared to show Hazard asking referee Michael Oliver for medical attention,before Dr Carneiro and Mr Fearn raced on to the pitch at Stamford Bridge. However, the action meant that Chelsea were temporarily down to nine men against Swansea - after goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois was sent off earlier in the match.
Following the game, which ended 2-2, Mourinho labelled Dr Carneiro and Mr Fearn 'impulsive and naive'. Dr Carneiro did not appear on the bench again for first-team duties and later parted company with the club.
Chelsea filed their defence in the tribunal hearing in December, and a settlement was not reached during a private hearing in January.
Text messages and emails sent by him and Dr Carneiro are likely to be used as evidence during the tribunal and will be made public if a settlement cannot be reached today.
The date for the full tribunal is understood to be in June, after the current Premier League season comes to an end in May.
Mourinho was cleared of using discriminatory language towards Dr Carneiro following an investigation by the Football Association.
Afterwards, Dr Carneiro and the FA's independent board member, Dame Heather Rabbatts, criticised the governing body for not interviewing the doctor as part of its investigation.
Dr Carneiro has also had backing from Fifa's medical chairman, Michel D'Hooghe, who contacted the doctor to offer his support and that of the world governing body. He has backed Dr Carneiro's insistence that she was simply doing her job.
Dr Carneiro was born in Gibraltar to a Spanish father and an English mother and studied medicine at the University of Nottingham. She then studied at the Australasian College of Sports Physicians before completing an MSc in Sport and Exercise at London’s Queen Mary University.
Dr Carneiro worked under Hope Powell as part of the doctors training with the England women's football team, before moving to West Ham United, and joined Chelsea in 2009 as reserve-team doctor. Two years later, former boss Andre Villas-Boas brought her into the first-team fold.
As reported by Daily Mail, she claiming constructive dismissal against Chelsea, after she left her role in September following a high profile row with former Blues manager, Jose Mourinho. He branded her 'impulsive and naive' after she ran onto the pitch to treat midfielder Eden Hazard in the dying minutes of a match.
She also has a separate personal legal action against Mourinho for alleged victimisation and discrimination.
Today, the 42 year old held hands with her husband, polar explorer Jason De Carteret, as she arrived at the London South Employment Tribunal in Croydon for the private hearing.
The hearing in front of a tribunal judge will determine whether a settlement can be reached between Dr Carneiro, the club and Mourinho who was sacked by Chelsea in December after a disastrous string of results.
But failure to come to an agreement would mean that the Stamford Bridge club and Mourinho face details of Dr Carneiro's exit being made public - an embarrassing prospect which they want to avoid.
Dr Carneiro, who was represented by Mary O'Rourke QC, did not speak to media as she moved inside the tribunal centre. It is believed as well as compensation, she also wants Chelsea and their former manager to apologise.
"We're not expecting a resolution today. The two sides are so far apart financially. And we want Mr Mourinho to make a public apology," Dr Carneiro's barrister, Mary O'Rourke QC told to ITV News
Mourinho did not attend the private hearing but could be ordered to do so if and when the full tribunal commences, facing a possible fine of £1,000 if he does not show up.
The manager, who has been strongly-tipped to replace struggling Louis van Gaal at Manchester United was instead pictured out walking near his London home.
Dr Carneiro is claiming constructive dismissal against the club, after she left her role in September following a high profile row with former Blues manager Jose Mourinho
The doctor was dropped from first-team duties after then boss Mourinho criticised her and first-team physio Jon Fearn for going on to the pitch to treat Hazard on the opening day of the season on August 8.
Television footage of the incident appeared to show Hazard asking referee Michael Oliver for medical attention,before Dr Carneiro and Mr Fearn raced on to the pitch at Stamford Bridge. However, the action meant that Chelsea were temporarily down to nine men against Swansea - after goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois was sent off earlier in the match.
Following the game, which ended 2-2, Mourinho labelled Dr Carneiro and Mr Fearn 'impulsive and naive'. Dr Carneiro did not appear on the bench again for first-team duties and later parted company with the club.
Chelsea filed their defence in the tribunal hearing in December, and a settlement was not reached during a private hearing in January.
Text messages and emails sent by him and Dr Carneiro are likely to be used as evidence during the tribunal and will be made public if a settlement cannot be reached today.
The date for the full tribunal is understood to be in June, after the current Premier League season comes to an end in May.
Mourinho was cleared of using discriminatory language towards Dr Carneiro following an investigation by the Football Association.
Afterwards, Dr Carneiro and the FA's independent board member, Dame Heather Rabbatts, criticised the governing body for not interviewing the doctor as part of its investigation.
Dr Carneiro has also had backing from Fifa's medical chairman, Michel D'Hooghe, who contacted the doctor to offer his support and that of the world governing body. He has backed Dr Carneiro's insistence that she was simply doing her job.
Dr Carneiro was born in Gibraltar to a Spanish father and an English mother and studied medicine at the University of Nottingham. She then studied at the Australasian College of Sports Physicians before completing an MSc in Sport and Exercise at London’s Queen Mary University.
Dr Carneiro worked under Hope Powell as part of the doctors training with the England women's football team, before moving to West Ham United, and joined Chelsea in 2009 as reserve-team doctor. Two years later, former boss Andre Villas-Boas brought her into the first-team fold.
(rnz)
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