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From garage to unicorn – Employment law lessons for scaling tech teams
Catherine Bourne
4 June 2019
The cannabis industry is clearly in flux
Following on from our previous blog Confused, Bewildering, Dubious? Cannabidiol in food and drinks: What does the future hold? - let’s get back to basics.
There 113 identified cannabidiols aka CBD’s found in the cannabis plant. There is much debate around the efficacy of CBD oil that does not contain the active ingredient, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). THC is known to be the principle psychoactive constituent of cannabis.
29 May 2019
The duty of candour applies to represented and unrepresented private prosecutors
On the 26th of October 2018 the High Court consisting of Gross LJ and Sweeney LJ granted an order for costs against the private prosecutor in R (on the application of Kay and Scan-Thors (UK) Limited) v Leeds Magistrates’ Court [2018] EWHC 1233 (Admin) to the sum of £250,000.
29 May 2019
Victim Impact Statement for Business: your opportunity to be heard
We often act for businesses who have been the victims of crime. The Code of Practice for Victims of Crime (‘the Victims’ Code’) allows an opportunity for the voice of the business to be heard by way of an Impact Statement for Business (ISB).
28 May 2019
New ICAEW sanctions guidance on criminal convictions, cautions and Anti-Money Laundering
From 1 April 2019, criminal conduct by ICAEW members will be dealt with according to the new version of the Guidance on Sanctions, which simplifies as well as amplifies the 2018 version.
Further changes will follow in July 2019, with the introduction of new guidance for Anti-Money Laundering breaches where the relevant conduct has not resulted in a criminal conviction.
22 May 2019
“Flatly against the public interest”: The gravity of a lack of candour during investigations
PSA v NMC and Another [2019] EWHC 1181 (Admin)
The High Court has quashed a three year caution imposed on a registered nurse who dishonestly covered up her failings in relation to a suicidal patient, including in the inquest into the patient’s death, following a successful appeal by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) for Health and Social Care.
The case is an illustration of the importance of being candid in investigations, and the seriousness of attempts to cover-up of clinical failings, even where those clinical failings have subsequently been adequately remediated.
