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Lauren Evans
4 October 2013
Regulatory Press Round-Up: October 2013
- General Dental Council (GDC): ‘Standards for the Dental Team’ takes effect from 30 September 2013 replacing the GDC’s previous standards ‘Standards for Dental Professionals’.
- Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC): The NMC has committed to introducing a model of revalidation by the end of 2015.
- General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC): The GPhC has set out the progress being made in meeting key recommendations from the Francis report on the Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust.
- Security Industry Authority (SIA): The HMRC has seen an increased risk of fraudulent VAT repayment claims being submitted from the private security industry.
- Bar Standards Board (BSB): The BSB have responded to the new proposals for criminal legal aid.
- Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA): The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has appointed Paul Philip, as its next Chief Executive.
26 September 2013
Case Update: The Chief Constable of the West Yorkshire Police, R (on the application of) v Independent Police Complaints Commission
High Court considers what is, and what is not, permissible to embrace within a report by the IPCC upon a complaint against a police officer.
26 September 2013
Case Update: R (on the application of D) and General Medical Council [2013] EWHC 2839
High Court quashes decision of Assistant Registrar of the General Medical Council to waive the ‘five year rule’.
18 September 2013
Case Update: Ogundele v Nursing and Midwifery Council [2013] EWHC 248
High Court gives guidance on the approach to be taken to hearsay evidence and particularising the charge in ‘pattern’ cases.
3 September 2013
Legal Services Consumer Panel call for a single legal regulator – a small step towards massive change
On 5 June 2013, in a written ministerial statement, justice minister Helen Grant said concerns over the complexity of the current regulatory landscape had prompted the government to undertake a full-scale review of the regulation of legal services. It was said that “[t]he purpose of this review is to consider what could be done to simplify the regulatory framework and reduce unnecessary burdens on the legal sector whilst retaining appropriate regulatory oversight". She called for evidence from stakeholders and invited views about and ideas for reducing regulatory burdens and simplifying the legal services regulatory framework