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Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
10 October 2017
The ‘Knock-on effect’ of mental health: its implications for misconduct, impairment and sanction
Michael Brookman (‘the Appellant’) is a doctor. He initially appeared before the Interim Orders Tribunal (IOT) on 1 July 2014 following an allegation that he had carried out an inappropriate and sexually motivated examination of a female patient at the hospital where he had been working in October 2013.
9 October 2017
Protecting Athletes - Restoring legal parity between Anti-Doping Authorities and Athletes
When people think of Professional Athletes, they often think of big wages, sponsorship deals and wealth. What many people don’t appreciate is that the jurisdiction of Doping Authorities extends beyond professional sports and into the ranks of amateurs across the UK.
4 October 2017
Doctor Foster's ethics offer a dim view of the GP profession
Never mind breaking the law, it's Doctor Foster's flagrant breaches of GMC ethical codes we should all be worried about, says lawyer Shannett Thompson.
28 September 2017
Criminal convictions: The interplay between the registration and disciplinary regimes in the Nursing and Midwifery Council
Doherty v Nursing and Midwifery Council [2017] EWCA Civ 1344.
22 September 2017
How to identify, treat and guard against the destructive motives of a (closet) psychopath
Closet psychopaths often enter therapy with the express intention of psychologically tormenting the therapist; intent on complaining and pursuing compensation in court. Can therapists learn to spot clients with these tendencies and what can be done if one finds their way to your consulting room?
