“A key adviser to the Leveson report, the civil rights campaigner Shami Chakrabarti, has hit out against politicians and newspaper barons, accusing them of letting down the public over promises to set up a new press watchdog.”
The Guardian, 21st May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“This is a consultation on minimum standards for expert witnesses providing evidence in the family courts in proceedings relating to children in England and Wales.”
Ministry of Justice, 16th May 2013
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Newspaper owners have backed down on demands to have a veto over the board members of any new press regulator.”
BBC News, 10th May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A doctor who worked at Aberystwyth’s Bronglais hospital has been struck off for six months after sending flirtatious texts messages.”
BBC News, 10th May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A dental nurse who was given a written warning by bosses for eating an apple has won a case for constructive dismissal against the surgery.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th May 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A defence solicitor who secured more than £500,000 in damages from a police force after he was wrongly arrested says officers mounted a ‘vendetta’ against him.”
The Independent, 11th May 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Dowland v Architects Registration Board: [2013] EWHC 893 (Admin); [2013] WLR (D) 148
“The Architects Registration Board was not limited to questions of competence when considering whether to reinstate a person to the Register of Architects.”
WLR Daily, 19th April 29013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina v Cosford and others [2013] EWCA Crim 466; [2013] WLR (D) 147
“The test for identifying a public office turned on the nature of the duty undertaken and, in particular, whether it was a public duty in the sense that it represented the fulfilment of one of the responsibilities of government such that the public had a significant interest in its discharge extending beyond an interest in anyone who might be directly affected by a serious failure in the performance of the duty. The existence or otherwise of a public office was a question of law to be decided by a trial judge not by a jury.”
WLR Daily, 16th April 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“The High Court has upheld a classroom ban on a Christian school teacher who condemned the ‘homosexual lifestyle’ in front of pupils.”
The Independent, 12th April 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
McDaid v Nursing and Midwifery Council [2013] EWHC 586 (Admin); [2013] WLR (D) 132
“A professional conduct adjudication panel which had exceptionally decided to proceed in the absence of the accused was bound, in particular, to take reasonable steps to expose weaknesses in the case against the accused and to make such points on her behalf as the evidence permitted.”
WLR Daily, 21st March 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“The former chief constable of West Yorkshire Police, Sir Norman Bettison, would
‘have a case to answer for gross misconduct’ over his dealings with his police
authority in the wake of the Hillsborough disaster, the police watchdog said
today.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A watchdog has updated its guidance on doctors having romantic relationships
with their former patients, urging medical professionals to use their
‘professional judgement’ to decide if it is appropriate.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“If an individual has already been charged and given a warning for misconduct in a disciplinary process, can that process later be reopened, re-run and the individual dismissed for the same charge on the same evidence?”
Littleton Chambers, 14th March 2013
Source: www.littletonchambers.com
“An armed diplomatic security officer who abandoned his duties for extra-marital sex has been sentenced to nine months in prison.”
The Independent, 18th March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Foreign doctors wanting to treat NHS patients in England will have to prove they have the necessary English skills, the government has confirmed.”
BBC News, 24th February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
