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Rayner my parade! The importance of specialist advice.
Jemma Brimblecombe
2 March 2012
The E-Regulator: Lawrence v General Medical Council [2012] EWHC 464 (Admin)
Appeal allowed as Fitness to Practise Panel of GMC had relied on its own self-avowed expertise in place of expert evidence and after inadequate reasons were given.
1 March 2012
E-Regulator: Regulatory Press Release Round-Up - March 2012
In the last month there have been a number of noteworthy press releases by various regulatory bodies, particularly in relation to improvements to their processes.
1 March 2012
E-Regulator: Ramjan v General Dental Council 2012 All ER (D) 109 (Feb)
When does treatment go from being simply incompetent to dishonest?
1 March 2012
E-Regulator: Gurpinar v Solicitors Regulation Authority [2012] EWHC 192 (Admin)
Where there is a lack of evidence of a respondent’s attempt to notify a tribunal and other parties of non-attendance, a Court was permitted to conclude that they had not been sent and, in the circumstances, a tribunal was permitted to proceed in absence under s.16(2) of the Solicitors (Disciplinary Proceedings) Rules 2007.
1 March 2012
E-Regulator: Levinge v Health Professions Council [2012] EWHC 135 (Admin)
In a case originally presented by Kingsley Napley, the principle set out in Southall v the General Medical Council [2010] EWCA Civ 407 was considered alongside the reasoning given by the Panel for dismissing expert evidence when making their decision.