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Private prosecutions – A route to justice for the charity sector
Sophie Tang
3 January 2019
Care homes take heed: if you have failed to pay the ICO data protection fee you could be breaking the law
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has commenced formal enforcement action against care homes that have failed to pay the data protection fee.
2 January 2019
Court of Appeal reaffirms the need for detailed medical evidence in the event of seeking an adjournment on health grounds
On 13 December 2018, the Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in an appeal by the General Medical Council (the GMC) against a decision made by the High Court to allow an appeal by Dr Hayat. Dr Hayat had been erased from the medical register in February 2017. You can access our blog on the previous High court decision here.
27 December 2018
Must an allegation against a doctor always be considered by the Case Examiners?
R (on the application of Rudling) v General Medical Council [2018] EWHC 3582 (Admin)
21 December 2018
CMA and Kingman confirm sea-change for the audit sector
In November of this year we blogged on the Financial Reporting Council’s (‘FRC’) recently published report ‘Developments in Audit’ and highlighted that the FRC’s review was running in parallel with the Competition and Markets Authority (‘CMA’) review of the sector. As we reported, such extensive review has been triggered following the high-profile collapses of companies such as Carillion and BHS.
28 November 2018
SRA Handbook: The 5 changes you need to know about
The Legal Services Board has now approved a comprehensive re-draft of the SRA Handbook. These new rules will be known as the SRA Standards and Regulations. These are due to replace the SRA Handbook at a date yet to be fixed between April and June 2019. Five of the key changes are summarised below.
