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From garage to unicorn – Employment law lessons for scaling tech teams
Catherine Bourne
8 December 2017
The Business Case For Legal Ethics
The last few years have seen an increased interest in legal ethics in England and Wales. Frances Dingwall of Legal Risk has written an excellent book Cautionary Tales: Lessons in Ethics for Lawyers. Mena Ruparel and Richard Burnham have written a book published this year entitled: How to be an ethical solicitor. Tracey Calvert has written Ethics in Law Firms: a Practical Guide. For my part, I have written a Chapter on ethics for Cordery on Legal Services and an article for the May 2016 Edition of the Law Society’s Legal Compliance Bulletin entitled Legal Ethics 2.0.
7 December 2017
Press Round-Up: Regulatory and Professional Discipline October - November 2017
Recent news relating to the General Dental Council (GDC), General Medical Council (GMC), General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA).
1 December 2017
A window into the impact of Ivey?
GMC v Krishnan [2017] EWHC 2892 (Admin)
On 20 November 2017, the Administrative Court handed down judgment in the first appeal concerning professional conduct since the landmark case of Ivey v Genting Casinos (UK) Limited (t/a Crockfords Club) [2017] UKSC 67. This case considers the test of ‘dishonesty’ in the regulatory sphere.
1 December 2017
SDT refuses solicitor’s application to terminate suspension
A solicitor that was suspended indefinitely by the SDT in 2005 has his application to lift suspension refused, despite practising as a lawyer abroad for 12 years.
George Babalola was indefinitely suspended by the SDT in 2005 for making claims for costs which were excessive, claiming disbursements on the basis of invoices bearing false and/or inaccurate signatures and making misleading representations to the Law Society’s investigation officer.