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Court of Appeal confirms scope of data controllers’ security obligations
Christopher Perrin
29 October 2012
Case Update: Solicitors Regulation Authority v Spence (unreported)
High Court rules sanction of suspension is unduly lenient and strikes off solicitor for dishonest and misleading statements.
29 October 2012
Case Update: Rashid v General Medical Council [2012] EWHC 2862 (Admin)
High Court terminates interim suspension order on appeal.
24 October 2012
Case Update: Robinson v Solicitors Regulation Authority [2012] EWHC 2690 (Admin)
Tribunal’s decision to grant 12 month suspension upheld by Administrative Court.
24 October 2012
Regulatory Press Round-Up - October 2012
- HCPC launches consultation to obtain the views of stakeholders on new standards for prescribing medication and has produced new standards in line with the consultation.
- Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, announces that every doctor practising in the UK will be subject to regular checks to help improve the quality of patient care.
- GDC considers removal of current restrictions which prevent patients seeing another member of the dental team until after they have been referred by a dentist.
- It is now an offence to clamp, tow or immobilise a vehicle without lawful authority under the Protection of Freedoms Bill.
- The Bar Council aims to launch a new initiative offering emergency childcare packages for barristers in London, in a bid to help practising barristers manage their childcare arrangements.
23 October 2012
Case Update: Siddiqui v Health Professions Council [2012] EWHC 2863
High Court refuses to interfere with factual findings of first instance tribunal and dismisses appeal.