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Private prosecutions – A route to justice for the charity sector
Sophie Tang
4 October 2013
Case Update: Malik v General Medical Council [2013] EWHC 2902 (Admin)
High Court allows appeal against continuation of Interim Suspension Order imposed by Interim Orders Panel of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service.
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.