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Clearview AI ruling confirms UK GDPR applies beyond borders
Christopher Perrin
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
2 September 2013
Regulatory Press Round-Up: September 2013
The Berwick Review was published on 6 August 2013. Professor Don Berwick, an international expert in patient safety, was tasked by the Prime Minister with carrying out a review on patient safety following the publication of the Francis Report into the breakdown of care at Mid Staffordshire Hospitals. The report highlights the main problems affecting patient safety in the NHS and makes a number of recommendations to address them...
28 August 2013
Case Update: Ebhogiaye v Solicitors Regulation Authority [2013] EWHC 2445 (Admin)
High Court confirms that Panels are not obliged to put Counsel on notice that they are contemplating a particular sanction, and gives useful guidance on Camacho conditions.
27 August 2013
Case Update: R. (on the application of Jackson) v General Medical Council [2013] EWHC 2595 (Admin)
Consultant general surgeon successfully judicially reviews decision of the General Medical Council (GMC) to refuse his application for voluntary erasure on medical grounds.
23 August 2013
Case update: Court of Appeal criticises judge for refusing to recuse himself
Katie Allard discusses the recent Court of Appeal case Mengiste and another v Endowment Fund for the Rehabilitation of Tigray and others [2013] EWCA Civ 1003.
