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Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
28 November 2016
Revised ICAEW Disciplinary Bye-laws introduce new fitness proceedings
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) has recently released a revised version of its Disciplinary Bye-laws. One of the most significant amendments to the Disciplinary Bye-laws includes the introduction of a process to assess a member’s fitness to participate in disciplinary proceedings and also a means of determining whether a member’s competence is seriously impaired through his or her mental or physical health.
22 November 2016
Private prosecutions - What should fraud victims do when law enforcement agencies fail to act?
Private prosecutions - What should fraud victims do when law enforcement agencies fail to act?
The annual cost of fraud losses in the UK could amount to as much £193 billion according to the Annual Fraud Indicator 2016.[1] However, according to a report issued earlier this month by the Centre for Counter Fraud Studies fewer than 2 per cent of people who are caught carrying out the fraud are being taken through the traditional criminal justice system.[2] These shocking figures provide some explanation as to why fraud victims are increasingly turning to private prosecutions to see offenders brought to justice.
16 November 2016
The upper age limit for child psychotherapists treating adolescents has been set
Child psychotherapists will soon be breaching the rules of the Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP) if they continue to treat adolescent patients after their 25th birthday. According to the ACP, the treatment of those over the age of 25 is “not appropriate and goes beyond the remit of our professional training by our ACP accredited Training schools”.
16 November 2016
What role should personal mitigation play in disciplinary proceedings where a police officer is found to have committed gross misconduct?
R (on the application of Darren Williams) v Police Appeals Tribunal [2016] EWHC 2708 (Admin)
14 November 2016
How to limit your costs when appealing against a decision of a regulatory tribunal
On 18 May 2016, a professional conduct panel (‘the Panel’) of the National College of Teaching and Leadership (‘NCTL’) found proven allegations in respect of Greg Wallace, a Head Teacher, which amounted to unacceptable professional conduct (UPC). The allegations were broadly that Greg Wallace had breached financial governance standards thereby failing to ensure the appropriate use of public money, had failed to declare a conflict of interest and had disclosed confidential information to an individual in the course of a competitive bidding process.