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Teacher’s dismissal for public statement on transgenderism upheld despite correction of judgment errors
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High Court addresses clerical errors in its previous judgment regarding a teacher's application for an interlocutory injunction to prevent an appeal hearing by the defendants, where teacher contested the dismissal, which was based on his public statement about transgenderism, arguing it was contrary to the school's ethos and professional standards for teachers; and the court acknowledged the accidental omission of a paragraph from the "Conclusion" section of the Principal's Report and the inclusion of an incomplete sentence in the judgment, but determines that these were clerical errors and corrected them, maintaining that the teacher's dismissal was based on the manner and context of his objections, not his religious beliefs or expression thereof.
Interlocutory injunction - appeal hearing - teacher's dismissal - transgenderism - school ethos - Code of Professional Conduct for Teachers - in loco parentis - duty of care - clerical errors - Slip Rule - Rules of the Superior Courts (RSC) - inherent jurisdiction - ratio decidendi - judgment correction - professional standards - public statement, religious beliefs.
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