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From garage to unicorn – Employment law lessons for scaling tech teams
Catherine Bourne
23 November 2017
Actions speak louder than words in respect of insight
McDermott v HCPC [2017] EWHC 2899 (Admin)
Hearing date: 7th November 2017
Before: Mrs Justice Yip
22 November 2017
The Wrong Crowd – Protecting Athletes from Prohibited Association
“WADA is increasingly of the belief that athletes do not dope alone, and that often there is a member of their entourage encouraging them to cheat”
Sir Craig Reedie, President, World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)
13 November 2017
Bring back the fire certificate - RIBA calls for the FSO to be repealed
The Royal Institute of British Architects (“RIBA”) has called for the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (“FSO”) to be repealed and for the ‘re-introduction of mandatory fire certificates for designated premises based on independent inspections by the fire brigades.’ RIBA’s Expert Advisory Group on Fire Safety made the claim in their response to the Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety led by Dame Judith Hackitt.
8 November 2017
A recent reminder of the obligation to cooperate with an ICAEW investigation
The ICAEW has recently imposed a severe reprimand, £5000 fine and £3337 costs award on a member who failed to provide information requested by the ICAEW in accordance with a disciplinary investigation. This recent case serves as a reminder for members of accountancy bodies of the potential consequences of not cooperating with a disciplinary investigation by their regulator.
7 November 2017
R (on the application of Ngole) v University of Sheffield (Health and Care Professions Council intervening) [2017] EWHC 2669 (Admin)
When do personal religious views, publicly expressed, affect fitness to practise? Mr Ngole, a former mature student at the University of Sheffield, brought judicial review proceedings to challenge the decision of his university to remove him from his course, following comments he posted on a website .
