Blog
Powers of Attorney online - an invitation to cheat?
Amy Newhall
10 April 2017
Landlords beware – Selective Licensing prosecutions are on the increase
Further to our previous blog on selective licensing, as predicted, prosecution of landlords are on the increase.
3 January 2017
To what extent is an appellate disciplinary tribunal entitled to interfere with a finding made by a panel of first instance when that finding is predicated on primarily hearsay evidence
Squire v Thames Valley Police & Anor (R. on the Application of) [2016] EWCA Civ 1315
10 August 2016
What regulators regard as dishonest – more than you would think!
Of the ten dental professionals removed from the General Dental Council’s register in the first two months of this year, half were investigated over allegations of dishonesty and found to have behaved dishonestly in certain respects.
3 August 2016
Addressing the suicide risk of doctors under investigation: the GMC take action
Complaints made to the GMC can take around six months to investigate and far longer to resolve if there is to be a fitness to practise hearing. Studies have shown there may be a link between the stress of these proceedings and a higher suicide rate amongst doctors. The GMC has launched two new pilot initiatives designed to reduce the impact of investigations on doctors and to speed up the process of dealing with complaints.
2 August 2016
Court rejects argument that actions which can be obviously detected rebut a finding of dishonesty
Jenyo v General Medical Council [2016] EWHC 1708 (Admin)
