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Share plans and proprietary estoppel: be careful what you promise
Samuel Sherr
31 May 2016
Cautionary tale to regulated professionals to ensure they adequately supervise the tasks of others
Abdul-Razzak v General Pharmaceutical Council
[2016] EWHC 1204 (Admin)
23 May 2016
Judicial Review challenge to new rules in relation to advice given by legally qualified chairs to fellow panel members
R (on the application of the British Medical Association) v General Medical Council
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?