Eva Carneiro's Case Against Chelsea Set To Begin

Former Chelsea team doctor Eva Carneiro's constructive dismissal case against the club will have its first tribunal hearing on Today.

The hearing will fix the timetable for the case, and deal with witness statements and disclosure of documents including texts and emails by each side, as well as any legal procedural disputes that current exist between the two parties. The preliminary hearing will take place at the London South Employment Tribunal in Croydon, and is expected to be in private before an employment judge. A date for a full hearing could be fixed for some time in June but there may be another preliminary hearing arranged before that takes place. The parties may also agree to a settlement before the case is heard.

Chelsea filed their defence in the case last month. Carneiro also has a separate personal legal action against former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, who left the club in December, for alleged victimization and discrimination. The claim against Mourinho will be on the basis that he was instrumental in the actions against Carneiro in having her dropped from first-team duties and effectively demoted. The 42-year-old doctor was dropped after Mourinho criticized her and the first-team physio Jon Fearn for going onto the pitch to treat Eden Hazard on the opening day of the season. The action meant that Chelsea were temporarily down to nine men against Swansea and afterwards Mourinho called Carneiro and Fearn impulsive and naive.