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Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
14 November 2016
High Court allows appeal against striking off order imposed by NMC’s Conduct and Competence Committee
Wisniewska v Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC) [2016] EWHC 2672 (Admin)
14 November 2016
Victim of your own success: the higher the profile, the greater the expectation to uphold public confidence?
Sarah Harris looks at the similarities and differences between how your conduct outside of ‘work’ can affect your career in both the regulatory and sporting arenas, and how arguably the greater your public profile, seemingly the greater the onus to uphold confidence.
4 November 2016
Reminder of the importance of disclosure obligations: Successful appeal by two teachers challenging failure of their regulator to give proper disclosure
Anwar & Ahmed v National College for Teaching and Leadership (1) The Secretary of State for Education (2) [2016] EWHC 2507 (Admin)
26 October 2016
High threshold to be met before appellate court will depart from professional panel’s factual findings
Janet Redmond v Health and Care Professions Council [2016] EWHC 2490 (Admin)
11 October 2016
Privacy by design to safety by default: A process improvement approach to data protection
Process improvement in a legal context
The concept of taking a process improvement approach to legal practice is gaining momentum. Historically, it has been those in General Counsel and in-house roles who have applied the use of formerly manufacturing-based methodologies to respond to challenges in the legal sector such as improving efficiency and reducing the cost of transactional work or litigation, often following the lead of the organisations within which they operate. The development and adaptation of process improvement, particularly Lean Six Sigma, tools and techniques for professional services has enabled law firms to follow suit and we are starting to see a steady emergence of the “process improvement lawyer” (or equivalent) across the sector, working closely alongside the other emerging breed of legal project managers.