Blog
Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
10 July 2018
Some welcomed guidance for data controllers: Court of Appeal confirms the correct test to be applied when considering a SAR concerning mixed data
Mixed data cases present a particular challenge for data controllers and, as Adam Chapman noted in his previous commentary of this case in the High Court, “in ‘three way’ cases such as these, the data controller is likely to be challenged irrespective of the decision they take”.
3 July 2018
New (over-complicated) professional standards for UKCP and BACP members
The professional standards for both UKCP and BACP members are having a revamp; are they clear, understandable and fit for purpose?
3 July 2018
An update on the General Optical Council v Clarke – retirement is not relevant to impairment
Shannett Thompson and Grace Castle provide an update on General Optical Council v Clarke.
29 June 2018
Junior Solicitors struck off for dishonesty
In separate SDT judgments published this month, two junior solicitors were struck off for acting dishonestly. In the first case, Amanda Davies backdated letters and provided untrue information to the mother of a vulnerable client. In the second case, Tania Bains included false information in an application for a training contract and in a CV she provided to a recruitment agency.
18 June 2018
FRC fines - more of an issue for audit firms than the threat of civil litigation?
Earlier last week, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) announced that it had sanctioned PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC), and its audit partner Steve Denison, in relation to the 2014 audits of BHS and the Taveta Group (Taveta), following an investigation under the FRC’s Accountancy Scheme.
