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Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
26 June 2017
Press Round-Up: Regulatory June 2017
Recent news relating to the Bar Standards Board (BSB), Financial Reporting Council (FRC), General Medical Council (GMC), General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA).
22 June 2017
The Performer's List – additional obligations for NHS GPs
In addition to the core duties with which a General Medical Council (‘GMC’) registered doctor must comply, there are additional obligations for those practising as NHS General Practitioners (‘GPs’) to observe. These obligations are set out in the NHS (Performers List) Regulations 2013 (‘the Regulations’).
22 June 2017
Court of Appeal considers the Financial Reporting Council’s Public Interest Test
In the recent case of Baker Tilly UK Audit LLP and others v Financial Reporting Council [2017] EWCA Civ 406, the appellants challenged the decision of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) to bring disciplinary proceedings against them on the basis that the Public Interest Test applied was unlawful.
20 June 2017
Accountant’s participation in a charity tax avoidance scheme leads to a 10 year ban by the Financial Reporting Council
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has banned and fined an ICAEW member for his role in a £46m tax avoidance scheme involving the Cup Trust. Mr Mehigan, who was a director of the corporate trustee of the charity, has been excluded from membership of ICAEW for 10 years.
14 June 2017
When are Disciplinary Tribunal Panels considered improperly influenced?
McCarthy v Bar Standards Board [2017] EWHC 969 (Admin)