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From Certificates to Belief Statements: The CPS and the Limits of Forum Bar Intervention
Rebecca Niblock
19 April 2022
High Court Quashes Interim Suspension Order – an aide memoire to Interim Orders – Proportionality, Reasons and the Regulators’ Reach
At the material time, the Appellant Doctor had been working as a General Practitioner (‘GP’) as a Partner in a GP Practice (‘the GP Practice’) until August 2021; having qualified in 2004 and has practised for more than 15 years with no previous fitness to practise complaints or findings. On 09 November 2021, an Interim Orders Tribunal (‘IOT’) of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (‘MPTS’) imposed an Interim Suspension Order (‘ISO’) on the Appellant’s registration for a period of 18 months. The Appellant appealed the imposition of the ISO. The Court agreed and overturned it whilst providing advice to the GMC that it may want to consider applying for a new Interim Order no more restrictive than conditions
13 April 2022
Another case, another reminder of the importance of demonstrating insight
Veeravalli v General Medical Council [2022] EWHC 747 (Admin). At the material time, the Appellant doctor had been working as a Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (‘the Trust’) since December 2010. Following a hearing before a Panel of Medical Practitioners Tribunal (MPTS) in September 2021, the Appellant’s fitness to practise was found to be impaired. The Panel imposed an order of conditions on the Appellant’s registration for twelve months.
9 March 2022
Client selection: The next frontier in the evolution of legal ethics
'Standards of professional conduct change as time passes. What is entirely proper for one generation may be slightly irregular for the succeeding generation and highly improper for the next.'
8 February 2022
The emergence of the private medical cannabis market and the risks of private prescriptions
In September 2020, the first NHS prescription for cannabis medicine was issued to Billy Caldwell. This brought hope to him, his family and so many others that this medicine would become readily available to those patients who so desperately need it.
1 February 2022
The ICAEW intends to update its disciplinary framework: how might this affect your obligations as a member?
The ICAEW Regulatory Board is currently consulting on proposed changes to the ICAEW disciplinary framework, and is seeking views by 15 March 2022, with the intention to launch a new set of “Core Disciplinary Bye-Laws” and a new “Regulations Handbook” this summer.
