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Share plans and proprietary estoppel: be careful what you promise
Samuel Sherr
19 January 2016
The PRA’s disapproval of a short-termist approach
The implications of adopting a “short-termism” approach for company decision makers have been highlighted in the PRA’s decision to prohibit two executives from the Co-Operative group.
12 January 2016
Case Update: High Court dismisses appeal by Barrister on the basis that the sanction imposed was entirely appropriate and proportionate
White v Bar Standards Board
[2015] EWHC 3583 (Admin)
Queen's Bench Division, Administrative Court (London)
Judgement date: 21 December 2015
In this case, a barrister, Oliver White (‘W’) appealed to the Queen’s Bench Division against a three-month suspension imposed by the Disciplinary Tribunal (the Tribunal) of the Council of the Inns of Court on the basis that the sanction was manifestly excessive.
6 January 2016
Professional regulatory hearings - looking ahead to 2016
Corporate Crime analysis: Julie Norris, partner and head of the regulatory and professional disciplinary defence team at Kingsley Napley LLP, looks ahead to the likely developments in 2016 in the area of professional regulatory hearings.
6 January 2016
GMC rethink required on anonymous complaints
Doctors are right to be concerned about the statistics showing the number of anonymous complaints that result in the launch of GMC disciplinary investigations. It is not the investigation of anonymous complaints per se that is contentious from my point of view (as the GMC points out, a complaint should not automatically be dismissed because the identity of the complainant is unknown). My beef is more that such complaints are not presently dealt with in a wholly different way to complaints made by an identifiable complainant.
This article was first published via Pulse on 5 January 2016. (subscription required)
5 January 2016
Talking therapists - what does the Statement of Intent mean for practitioners?
The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) and United Kingdom for Psychotherapy (UKCP) recently issued a joint Statement of Intent.