Hello
I am really hoping that someone will be able to give me a bit of very general advice as i find myself in an extremely upsetting situation.
I cannot go into detail but basically I am a professional who has a lot of contact with the general public.
I have been working on a particular case which has been particularly complex due to one member of the 'clients' family. There is a history of said person being very aggressive (verbally), bullying and 'difficult' in general terms with both myself and others in my team.
Anyhow, things have come to a head and the person has now made a very serious accusation against me which is having to be investigated by my organisation (this is standard policy, all accusations of this gravity have to be looked at).
Obviously (!) what has been said is complete fabrication and 'luckily' for me is going to be fairly straightforward to prove as a lie.
However in the meantime I have to cope with this situation which may still damage my career (thinking 'mud sticks' here) and the whole process of the investigation is very very upsetting and stressful.
It has been suggested by my management (who incidentally have been brilliant and completely supportive)that I may wish to 'take things further' myself and once the investigatiojn is over I have decided to do this as its just so so unfair that anyone can cause so much stress and potential serious harm to someone in this way.
Can anyone advise what legal avenues might be available to me to seek redress for what this person has done. It potentially could have ended my career had it not been relatively easy to disprove and at present I am having to take meds etc for anxiety and low mood.
Any advice very very gratefully received
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If any lawyers can spare a few minutes I desperateely need some advice about defamation of character
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absolutelydevastated · 07/01/2012 15:33
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