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Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
16 May 2016
To tweet or not to tweet …?
The temptation to tweet what is on your mind can often be very strong. Perhaps someone has annoyed you at work, or, if you are a student, has failed you as a teacher. However, before you pick up your phone to type out those 140 characters, think twice – could what you write cause you to be investigated or disciplined by your professional body?
11 May 2016
How the General Dental Council deals with complaints against Dental Practitioners
Most dentists’ experience of the General Dental Council (GDC) is limited to obtaining and maintaining their professional registration. But for around 400 dentists per year, the experience is a more serious, potentially career threatening, one. This is because they have been subject to a complaint and find themselves involved in a GDC fitness to practice investigation. Going through such an investigation can be a distressing and lonely experience. Here we attempt to de-shroud some of the mystery behind what happens when the GDC receives a complaint about a dentist’s fitness to practice and what the process actually entails.
5 May 2016
Does the CPS Victims’ Right to Review (VRR) Scheme do enough for victims of crime?
In June 2013, the CPS launched a scheme which allows victims of crimes to seek a review of CPS decisions not to charge, to discontinue or otherwise to terminate proceedings, where the decision was made after 5 June 2013.
On the face of it, this would seem to be a good thing as it provides victims with an alternative to launching expensive and time-consuming judicial review proceedings in order to challenge a CPS decision. However, does it go far enough to support victims and is it suitably independent?
25 April 2016
NTT puts the brakes on the recovery of pre-charge investigation costs by the private prosecutor
On 14th April 2016 the National Taxing Director issued a direction to taxing officers that costs relating to investigations carried out prior to the commencement of proceedings, are not to be allowed from central funds. Section 17 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (“the Act”) allows the Court to award prosecution costs from Central Funds. The Court can order the payment “of such amount as the court considers reasonably sufficient to compensate the prosecutor for any expenses properly incurred by him in the proceedings.”
1 April 2016
Press Round-Up: Regulatory and Professional Discipline – February 2016 - March 2016
NB: All information correct at time of publication and can be found on the individual regulator’s websites.
Recent news relating to the Bar Standards Board (BSB), Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Financial Reporting Council (FRC), General Dental Council (GDC), General Medical Council (GMC), General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA), Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).