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Probate Fees Set to Rise by 75%: What It Means for Families and Practitioners
Joseph Austin TEP
24 October 2012
Regulatory Press Round-Up - October 2012
- HCPC launches consultation to obtain the views of stakeholders on new standards for prescribing medication and has produced new standards in line with the consultation.
- Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, announces that every doctor practising in the UK will be subject to regular checks to help improve the quality of patient care.
- GDC considers removal of current restrictions which prevent patients seeing another member of the dental team until after they have been referred by a dentist.
- It is now an offence to clamp, tow or immobilise a vehicle without lawful authority under the Protection of Freedoms Bill.
- The Bar Council aims to launch a new initiative offering emergency childcare packages for barristers in London, in a bid to help practising barristers manage their childcare arrangements.
23 October 2012
Case Update: Siddiqui v Health Professions Council [2012] EWHC 2863
High Court refuses to interfere with factual findings of first instance tribunal and dismisses appeal.
16 October 2012
Case Update: Kumar v General Medical Council [2012] EWHC 2688 (Admin)
“Reckless” consultant psychiatrist appealed against the finding of a Fitness to Practise panel of the GMC suspending him from the register in relation to expert evidence which he gave at a murder trial.
15 October 2012
Case Update: Maistry v Solicitors Regulation Authority, unreported
Solicitors Regulation Authority uphold decision of Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal to impose a fine and costs order against a managing partner of a solicitors firm, for breaches of rule 5.01 and 5.03 of the Code of Conduct.
8 October 2012
Case Update: Nwogbo v General Medical Council [2012] EWHC 2666 (Admin)
Allegations of dishonesty must be put to registrants in cross examination in clear and unambiguous terms so that the panel can make a fair assessment of a registrant’s express state of mind on the issue.