21 October 2020
Innovation and Regulation – Necessary Bedfellows
There is no buzzword in the legal sector right now louder than ‘Innovation’. The disruption caused by COVID has rapidly accelerated both the appetite and timescale for technological progress in the sector. It has created the urgency for change which is so often required before people to move out of their comfort zone, in particular lawyers.
7 October 2020
Care Quality Commission (CQC) registration refused? Here’s what you can do
As per their annual report for 2018/19, the CQC issued 564 Notices of Proposal to Cancel Registration for the relevant period. This was 119 (26.7%) more than the previous year. We address what you can do in these circumstances, and also where an application for registration is turned down by the regulator.
7 October 2020
Audit reviews: the process, pitfalls and published themes – how to get the best outcome when faced with an adverse finding
In our blog series, we have dealt with how the accountancy regulators put their spotlight on audit quality, and how firms should prepare for an audit quality visit from their regulator to ensure that it goes as smoothly as possible.
6 October 2020
New High Court guidance on how regulators should word sexual misconduct charges
The High Court has provided clarity on how professional regulators such as the General Medical Council (‘the GMC’) should consider wording allegations of a sexual nature.
6 October 2020
Student misconduct allegations and the right to a fair hearing
The temptation to approach the adjudication of a student complaint as merely an ‘internal process’, is one of the most common errors made by some higher education institutions. The process adopted must be capable of examination by an independent and external eye to ensure that at each stage of the process, the rights of all individuals involved are protected.
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