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Rayner my parade! The importance of specialist advice.
Jemma Brimblecombe
8 November 2017
A recent reminder of the obligation to cooperate with an ICAEW investigation
The ICAEW has recently imposed a severe reprimand, £5000 fine and £3337 costs award on a member who failed to provide information requested by the ICAEW in accordance with a disciplinary investigation. This recent case serves as a reminder for members of accountancy bodies of the potential consequences of not cooperating with a disciplinary investigation by their regulator.
22 September 2017
How to identify, treat and guard against the destructive motives of a (closet) psychopath
Closet psychopaths often enter therapy with the express intention of psychologically tormenting the therapist; intent on complaining and pursuing compensation in court. Can therapists learn to spot clients with these tendencies and what can be done if one finds their way to your consulting room?
15 August 2017
Criminal consequences for accessing medical records without a business purpose
Doctors, dentists, psychoanalysts, psychotherapists and other healthcare professionals tempted to look at the medical records of members of their family or friends without a ‘business purpose’ should read with interest the latest warning issued by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), namely that “NHS employees .. unlawfully accessing patient records [are committing] an offence”. The warning is equally applicable to those working in private healthcare settings and to other professionals who have access to personal data (broadly defined as being data that relates to a living individual who can be identified from it).
2 August 2017
How long is too long to be subject to Conditions of Practice?
Patricia Annon and The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
[2017] EWHC 1879 (Admin)
22 June 2017
Court of Appeal considers the Financial Reporting Council’s Public Interest Test
In the recent case of Baker Tilly UK Audit LLP and others v Financial Reporting Council [2017] EWCA Civ 406, the appellants challenged the decision of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) to bring disciplinary proceedings against them on the basis that the Public Interest Test applied was unlawful.