Sharebroking firm Forsyth Barr was not brought into disrepute when its senior analyst Guy Hallwright was convicted for running a man over, and it was unjustified in sacking him, his lawyer says.
Hallwright is fighting to get his job back at an Employment Relations Authority hearing in Auckland today, after he was dismissed from his high-ranking position three months ago.
Hallwright's lawyer Kathryn Beck told the authority that Hallwright continued to work for Forsyth Barr for two years after the incident and his ability to do his job was never compromised.
She pointed to sentencing judge Raoul Neave's comments about the "vulgar" media coverage of the case, which she said was never about Forsyth Barr.
"The applicant's [Hallwright's] position is that this was not something that related to the workplace or the nature of the role that Guy undertook in any way at all, and there would have been no connection at all but for the media coverage,'' she said.
