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The End of Leasehold Flats? A Breakdown of the Draft Commonhold and Leasehold Bill
Úna Campbell
20 February 2017
The potential impact of BREXIT on the regulation of Doctors/Nurses’ Language Skill
Communication is at the forefront of patient safety. The GMC’s guidance Consent: patients and doctors making decisions together emphasises from the outset that patient-doctor relationships rely on ‘openness, trust and good communication’. It follows that adequate language skills are vital to achieving this aim.
15 February 2017
Solicitors acting as McKenzie Friends and unbundling legal services – a cautionary tale
On 9th February the Divisional Court handed down judgment in Ballard v SRA [2017] EWHC 164 (Admin) on an appeal from a decision of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. The appeal represent one of the so far few cases that deals with those solicitors providing unbundled legal services or acting as McKenzie friends.
14 February 2017
Let's fast-track solicitor discipline
The current long-winded system of disciplining solicitors is inefficient and costly and must not be allowed to survive much longer.
14 February 2017
Publishing of adverse findings can be a sufficiently serious sanction
Wallace v Secretary of State for Education [2017] EWHC 109
10 February 2017
Regulatory Press Round-Up: February 2017
NB: All information correct at time of publication and can be found on the individual regulator’s websites.
Recent news relating to the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), General Dental Council (GDC), General Medical Council (GMC), General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).