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No one had said they were not. The LMA were not Poyet's employer, and were not subject to the restrictions the club is on releasing details about his employment.

I have seen nothing to suggest that Poyet was not able to put his case, nor not allowed legal representation. In fact, denying him either would mean he would be certain to win at an employment tribunal were he to claim unfair dismissal. If you have evidence to the contrary, please present it.

Events that take place in a court of law are normally matters of public record, although not always. An internal disciplinary hearing is not a matter of public record.

No it is not. Most of such examples will be reports from employment tribunals, which are public hearings. The others will be the sacked person going to the press. An employer cannot just release details of an employee's record. And I would suggest that the relevant legislation and guidelines...

It has nothing to do with confidentiality clauses. The Data Protection Act (1998) makes it an offence to release information that is covered by the act (and a person's employment record would be covered) without there being good reason. There is a public interest defence for releasing data, but...

The club cannot release details of the disciplinary action taken again Poyet, nor the reason for that action since they are covered by data protection laws. If Poyet was to go to an employment tribunal and claim unfair dismissal, either on the grounds of a lack of proper process or proper...