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The complexities mean courts and tribunals have frequently been called on to arbitrate.

They argue the changes will discourage companies hiring "particularly those at the margins of the labour market" as business will not want to risk costly tribunal cases.

However, his manager, Kimberley Hoskins, is taking him and their former employer to tribunal, claiming her allergy amounted to a disability and that they discriminated against her.

In a ruling published on Monday morning, the tribunal judges rejected that request - pointing to the extensive media reporting of the row and highlighting the legal principle of open justice.

Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has previously highlighted the issue of the number of rogue officers being brought before the courts and disciplinary tribunals.