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Sanctions Guidance is not a score sheet – Court of Appeal findings from GMC v Gilbert & PSA
Jessica Etherington
6 March 2017
Can a Panel ask too many questions, in a manner which leads to unfairness of the proceedings?
Banerjee v General Medical Council [2017] EWCA Civ 78
23 February 2017
Barrister successfully appeals against a finding of professional misconduct relating to his conduct at a Chambers party
Bar Standards Board v Howd; Howd v Bar Standards Board [2017] EWHC 210 (Admin)
23 February 2017
High Court rejects an appeal made on the basis that the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal is not independent of the SRA and Law Society
Ashok Sancheti v Solicitors Regulation Authority [2017] EWHC 86 (Admin)
3 February 2017
Patient confidentiality in the spotlight
The GMC last issued guidance to doctors on confidentiality in 2009. Much has changed since then; the hacking scandal, a more bullish approach by the Information Commissioner to taking enforcement action for breaches of the Data Protection Act and a sharper focus amongst professionals on the need to protect confidential information.
1 February 2017
What is the function of a reviewing panel in fitness to practise cases?
Habib Khan v General Pharmaceutical Council (Scotland) [2016] UKSC 64