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Rayner my parade! The importance of specialist advice.
Jemma Brimblecombe
9 August 2016
The Ministry of Justice consults on lightening the regulatory load for Alternative Business Structures (ABS)
On 7th July 2016 the Ministry of Justice issued a consultation on proposals to amend the Legal Services Act 2007 (the 2007 Act) in order to reduce the barriers to market entry and regulatory burdens on Alternative Business Structures (ABSs). ABSs are regulated organisations which provide legal services and which have some form of non-lawyer involvement either at the management level or as an owner; they were first licensed to provide legal services in 2010. To meet concerns arising from the perceived risk of non-lawyer involvement, the 2007 Act imposed on these new bodies regulatory burdens and barriers to entry that were more onerous and prescriptive than those for traditional law firms.
2 August 2016
Press Round-Up: Regulatory and Professional Discipline. June 2016 – July 2016
NB: All information correct at time of publication and can be found on the individual regulator’s websites.
Recent news relating to the Bar Standards Board (BSB), Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Financial Reporting Council (FRC), General Dental Council (GDC), General Medical Council (GMC), General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA), Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).
8 July 2016
Appellant’s arguments fall flat in citing prejudice/bias by witnesses and the Panel
Johnson-Ogbuneke v General Medical Council [2016] EWHC 1474 (Admin)
8 July 2016
New body to conduct patient safety investigations
Most NHS organisations around the United Kingdom (UK) have a Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) in addition to a process for the reporting and investigation of serious untoward incidents. When patients have concerns about treatment they have received, PALs is often their first port of call.
7 June 2016
Court affirms General Pharmaceutical Council’s approach to assessing insight
Burrows v General Pharmaceutical Council [2016] EWHC 1050 (Admin)