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Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
2 December 2015
Be silent and be ignored
The recent investigation of nurses’ failings at Brithdir care home provides lessons for others facing regulatory review, says regulatory lawyer Lucy Williams.
On 21 August 2015, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) concluded its 81 day hearing into failings at Brithdir Care Home, the subject of the UK's biggest inquiry to date into alleged neglect.
This article was first published on Nursing Older People magazine.
24 November 2015
Case update: High Court terminates immediate suspension order imposed by the General Dental Council
Davey v General Dental Council, Queen’s Bench Division [2015 WL 6757832]
Judgement date: 08 October 2015
In this case, Mr Davey made an application to the Queen’s Bench Division to remove or overturn the immediate suspension order made by the Professional Conduct Committee (PCC) of the General Dental Council (GDC) restricting his right to practise.
23 November 2015
Dog attacks – the Royal Mail bites back with private prosecutions
In May 2014, the Dangerous Dogs Act was amended so that dog owners can face prosecution if their dog attacks a person on private property.
Following this change in the law and the Royal Mail’s crackdown on dog attacks on postal workers, last month a dog owner from Manchester became one of the first people in Britain to be prosecuted by the Royal Mail. The attack, which left a postal worker with a six-inch wound, had initially been reported to the police but the owner only received a caution. Unsatisfied with this, the Royal Mail decided to launch its own private prosecution. The owner pleaded guilty to owning a dog which was dangerously out of control and was placed on a seven-week curfew, ordered to pay costs and compensation and was banned from keeping dogs for 18 months.
20 November 2015
Bringing justice - private prosecutions for companies and individuals
Over the last five years City of London Police have had their budget reduced by 15% arguably leading to a reduction in the number of white collar crime investigations. As with the reduction in raids by the SFO this year, the stretch on resources for those responsible for investigating white collar offences is increasing while wrongdoing by corporates and individuals is ever present.
13 November 2015
Case update: High Court finds Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal Panel’s sanction of £15,000 fine was inconsistent with the gravity of the misconduct
Solicitors Regulation Authority v Richard Ali Chan, Rajob Ali, Abode Solicitors Limited [2015] EWHC 2659
Judgment date: 22 July 2015
Overview
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) appealed to the High Court to challenge certain decisions made by a Panel of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, and the sanction ultimately imposed. The SRA submitted that the original findings were “inconsistent with the Tribunal’s own primary findings of fact with regard to the respondents’ conduct”.