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Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
23 October 2017
#LSA10: Reflecting on 10 years of the Legal Services Act - An Introduction
On the 30th October 2017 the Legal Services Act 2007 (LSA) reaches its 10th anniversary. That seems an appropriate moment to pause and reflect on what has happened over the last 10 years and how the LSA has shaped the legal market in England and Wales and beyond. Over the next week we will be publishing 6 blogs, one each day looking at different aspects of the impact of the LSA written by the regulatory team at Kingsley Napley and also guest experts. We will also be looking forward to the next 10 years.
17 October 2017
How much weight should be afforded to expert evidence in sexual misconduct cases?
General Medical Council v Stone [2017] EWHC 2534 (Admin) Before Mr Justice Jay
16 October 2017
Private Prosecution of Summer Holiday Fraudsters
When Sir Cliff Richard penned the lyrics to Summer Holiday in 1963 he could not have anticipated that the prospect of “no more working for a week or two” would be tested to its limits by some greedy holidaymakers. Whereas most of us are willing to splash a little cash to enjoy a few weeks on a sunny beach, and consider it a good investment of time and money, it seems that a few dishonest folk see it as an opportunity to make a buck by scamming their travel operator.
11 October 2017
‘Why are such a disproportionate number of complaints made against paramedics and social workers to the HCPC?’
The University of Surrey’s final report ‘People Like Us? Understanding Complaints about paramedics and social workers’ has been published on the HCPC website. The study explored the reasons behind the disproportionate number of complaints made to the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) about paramedics and social workers relative to other HCPC professions.
10 October 2017
Court rejects ‘third attempt’ by an appellant to ‘re-litigate’
This case involved an appeal to the High Court by Mr A, a Biomedical Scientist challenging the decisions made by the Conduct and Competence Committee (the Panel) of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) dated 10 September 2013 and 6 April 2017.
