Not precluded from consideration by the Labour Court

'The High Court (Mrs Justice Bolger) has delivered an important judgement on the jurisdiction and scope of de novo appeals to the Labour Court from decisions of the Workplace Relations Commission. Arguments not made at first instance in relation to a claimed protected disclosure element of an unfair dismissal are not precluded from consideration by the Labour Court on appeal. A worthwhile tool in practitioners arsenals' (Ref: quote taken from 'Ian Fitzharris, Barristor, Arbitrator, Accredited Mediator').

 
Even though they are 'appeals', the Labour Court always states that it hears cases fresh, new, from the start.