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Private prosecutions – A route to justice for the charity sector
Sophie Tang
30 July 2015
Case Update: Can a series of non-serious misconduct findings cumulatively amount to serious misconduct that impairs a doctor’s fitness to practice?
Schodlok v General Medical Council [2015] EWCA Civ 769
Judgement date 21/7/15
On 15 February 2013 a Fitness to Practice Panel (the Panel) of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) found that Dr Schodlok (S), who at the relevant time had been working as an orthopaedic registrar in Woolwich, had been guilty of four instances of serious misconduct and six instances of misconduct which did not amount to serious misconduct.
30 July 2015
Case Update: The role of the disciplinary panel when faced with insufficient evidence
Hannah Eales considers the recent appeal of The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care v The Nursing and Midwifery Council, Ms Winifred Nompumelelo Jozi [2015] EWHC 764 (Admin). She explores the role of the panel when faced with insufficient evidence, and the consequences of undercharging.
20 July 2015
Decisions, decisions: FCA shines a light on enforcement process
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has recently responded to the Treasury’s 2014 review of its enforcement decision making process; its response recognises that enforcement action is an expensive and resource intensive option. The factors underpinning the FCA’s past decisions to utilise its resources to bring an enforcement action, instead of considering an alternative route, have often been relatively opaque.
11 June 2015
Damage limitation: do past indiscretions necessarily affect your career as a professional?
While most professionals will be aware that any transgressions in a business capacity may affect their membership of their professional body, it is easy to forget that indiscretions which occurred before you became a member of your professional body, including in your personal life, may also have a significant impact upon your career.
28 May 2015
Press Round-Up: Regulatory and Professional Discipline - April - May 2015
Recent news relating to the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), General Medical Council (GMC), General Dental Council (GDC), Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and Bar Standards Board (BSB).