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Keeping the peace at Christmas – top tips for shared parenting over the festive season
Lauren Evans
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.
25 April 2019
Identity Fraud: company directors at double the risk of other individuals
Company directors increasingly have to deal with personal identity theft on top of already substantial compliance requirements to meet their directors’ duties. The risk of identity theft is even greater for those company directors based in London than in other areas of the United Kingdom.
25 April 2019
Confused, Bewildering, Dubious? Cannabidiol in food and drinks: What does the future hold?
Last October, the EU Novel Foods Committee met to consider the evidence on certain hemp derived products, including Cannabidiol [CBD], to evaluate whether they had been widely used for human consumption within the EU prior to the 15th of May 1997, that being the date upon which the original “Novel Food” regulation, (EC) 258/97 came into force.
24 April 2019
What regulators regard as dishonest – More than you would think! (Part Two)
We regularly act for clinicians accused of professional misconduct, including dishonesty. Many do not appreciate the kinds of matters which regulators consider to be dishonest, and are taken aback when criticism is levelled against them.
18 April 2019
The Notre-Dame Fire: safeguarding our historic buildings
The sad news on Monday evening that one of the world’s iconic historical buildings was engulfed in flames caused many to question whether other historical buildings around the world are vulnerable to the same fate.
