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Private prosecutions – A route to justice for the charity sector
Sophie Tang
22 September 2015
Case Update: Regulatory bodies cannot simply rely on delays in criminal trials to justify interim order extensions
On 17 April 2015 the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland considered an application by the NMC to further extend an 18 month interim suspension order imposed on Nurse CN on 25 October 2012. The Court ultimately extended the Order, but the Judge commented on what future courts may require from a regulator when delays have been caused by a criminal prosecution.
15 September 2015
Case Update: PSA finds sanction of 2 year caution unduly lenient after panel did not consider all the material circumstances of social worker’s dishonesty
Professional Standards Authority v Health and Care Professions Council and Gemma Williamson [2015] EWHC 2420 (Admin)
Judgement date: 10 July 2015
Fitness to practise allegations:
A Panel (the Panel) of the Conduct and Competence Committee of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) heard the disciplinary hearing against Ms Williamson (W) on 1 and 2 December 2014.
10 September 2015
The correct approach to the GMC considering complaints over 5 years’ old
A recent court decision has confirmed that no allegation against a medical practitioner should proceed further if more than five-years have elapsed since the actual date upon which the most recent events giving rise to the allegation took place, except where the General Medical Council considers it is in the public interest to do so.
8 September 2015
Security company directors ordered to pay large sum in private prosecution
On 1 September 2015, as a result of a private prosecution which we brought on behalf of the Security Industry Authority (SIA) in partnership with the London Regional Asset Recovery Team (RART), two security company directors were ordered to pay a total of £666,697 under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA).
20 August 2015
The PSA - radically "Rethinking Regulation"
The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA) has declared that regulation requires a “radical overhaul” in order to meet proposed changes to health and care services in the UK. In a report entitled Rethinking Regulation, published on 6 August 2015, the PSA sets out its proposal to “reshape” how regulation works.
