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Private prosecutions – A route to justice for the charity sector
Sophie Tang
13 May 2021
Preventing solicitor burn-out: more than ‘just an HR issue’
Failing to promote a good workplace culture based upon a firm’s core values is a potential regulatory issue.
12 May 2021
One Year On: Care Sector Challenges Arising from COVID-19
In this article, the first of three in a series, we focus on how the vulnerability of the care sector population, the availability of Personal Protective Equipment (‘PPE’) and comprehensive testing, and chronic workforce pressures have contributed to the scale and severity of the impact of COVID-19 in the care sector.
28 April 2021
Dr Richard Freeman is struck off – but the saga for British Cycling continues
Dr Freeman, who was previously the chief doctor at both British Cycling and Team Sky has been found to have ordered testosterone patches “knowing or believing” they were for the purpose of improving athletic performance. In light of their findings, a Panel of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) held that Dr Freeman’s fitness to practise was impaired, and ordered that his name be erased from the General Medical Council (GMC) register.
28 April 2021
Guidance on cannabis-based medicinal products receives important clarification
In September 2020 we reported in our blog on the First NHS Prescription for a Child’s Cannabis Medicine that a challenge to the National Institute for Health & Care Excellence (NICE) Guidelines on cannabis-based medicinal products (CBMPs) was being brought by way of judicial review (JR) by the family of Charlie Hughes. It was reported earlier this week that the legal challenge has now been dropped, following an important ‘clarification’ of the NICE Guidelines.
1 April 2021
Rule 12 – when the Assistant Registrar’s decision not to refer an allegation against a doctor is not final
R (on the application of Young) v General Medical Council [2021] EWHC 534 (Admin).
The material issue in this case was whether a second assistant registrar of the GMC (“AR2”) was right to decide that allegations should proceed, despite a decision previously made by an assistant registrar (“AR1”) that allegations should not proceed.