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From garage to unicorn – Employment law lessons for scaling tech teams
Catherine Bourne
10 February 2015
Case Update: Court Of Appeal orders rehearing following non disclosure of witness statement by the BSB
McCarthy v Visitors to the Inns of Court and Bar Standards Board [2015] EWCA Civ 12
Judgment date 20th January 2015
This case was an appeal to the Court of Appeal of the High Court’s decision not to quash the decision of the Visitors of the Inns of Court to uphold a decision of the Bar Disciplinary Tribunal (the Tribunal) in finding a barrister (DM) guilty of misconduct and disbarring him.
29 January 2015
Press Round-Up: Regulatory and Professional Discipline – December 2014 - January 2015
Recent news relating to the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), General Medical Council (GMC), General Dental Council (GDC), Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).
19 January 2015
Case Update: NMC’s failure to draft charges that sufficiently reflect the gravity of Registrant’s conduct led to serious procedural irregularity
Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA) v Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Duncan Gerald Macleod, [2014] EWHC 4354 (Admin).
On 22 April 2011 the Registrant witnessed Nurse X goading a vulnerable mental health patient, Patient A. He then saw Nurse X place Patient A in a headlock in contravention of appropriate restraint procedures. As a result of Nurse X’s actions, Patient A struck Nurse X with a hairbrush and caused a laceration above Nurse X’s eye. Nurse X went to Accident and Emergency for treatment and on her return completed a Serious Incident Report (SIR) in respect of Patient A’s assault on her.
19 January 2015
Case Update: High Court upholds decision of Secretary of State to impose a prohibition order against a teacher
The Queen on the Application of Lonnie v National College for Teaching and Leadership [2014] EWHC 4351 (Admin)
Judgment Date: 11 December 2014
5 January 2015
Bullying and undermining are too common in medical training, according to the General Medical Council
The GMC uses national training surveys to capture data and ensure that medical education and training across the United Kingdom (UK) is adhering to and delivering the standards it expects.
