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Keeping the peace at Christmas – top tips for shared parenting over the festive season
Lauren Evans
19 November 2018
Latest drug controversy to hit British Cycling
Former Team Sky doctor to face GMC tribunal following delivery of testosterone patches. Dr Richard Freeman, former Team Sky and British Cycling doctor, is facing an investigation by the General Medical Council, (‘GMC’) in connection with testosterone patches that were delivered to British Cycling headquarters in 2011.
16 November 2018
Carrying out a reasonable investigation into a misconduct allegation – can an employer withhold evidence from a disciplinary panel?
The case of Hargreaves v Manchester Grammar serves as a useful reminder for employers of how to carry out a reasonable investigation, particularly when the employee in question is facing potentially career changing consequences as a result of the allegations. In this case the Employment Appeal Tribunal decided that it was reasonable for the employer to withhold the evidence of potential witnesses who “had seen nothing” - the Tribunal had been entitled to make this finding and reject the employee’s claim of unfair dismissal.
5 November 2018
FRC strategic review 2018: Developments in Audit
The high profile collapses of companies such as Carillion and BHS have reignited the debate about the effectiveness of statutory audit. In the FRC’s recently published report, Developments in Audit, the FRC grapples, not for the first time, with how to ensure that audit properly serves the public interest. Auditors can expect some pretty radical changes.
23 October 2018
Tribunal is the big winner in Leigh Day case
Leigh Day emerged victorious last week from its four-year battle with the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) over whether it improperly pursued torture and murder claims against British troops in Iraq. It took a six-week hearing before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal and a further six days in the High Court, not to mention in excess of £7 million of legal fees, for the London firm to clear its name.
22 October 2018
Families seek prosecution following Gosport Report
The Gosport Independent Panel (the Panel) report published this year, which revealed “a disregard for human life and a culture of shortening the lives of a large number of patients” at Gosport War Memorial Hospital.
