“Complaints against doctors have more than doubled in six years amid increasing demand on NHS services and rising expectations from patients, according to a new report.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Crown Prosecution Service has admitted publishing misleading records of complaints made about its performance.”
The Guardian, 15th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The new president of the court that examines complaints about the intelligence services and government surveillance has indicated he may publish advance notice of its public hearings for the first time.”
The Guardian, 14th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Metropolitan Police officer accused of racial discrimination against the brother of Stephen Lawrence has a ‘case to answer for misconduct’, the police watchdog has said.”
BBC News, 12th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Stop and search powers at ports and airports – used to detain the partner of the Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald for nine hours during the summer – are too intrusive, according to a parliamentary committee.”
The Guardian, 11th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“GCHQ is probably intercepting legally privileged communications between lawyers and their clients, according to a detailed claim filed on behalf of eight Libyans involved in politically sensitive compensation battles with the UK.”
The Guardian, 13th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Scotland Yard acted unlawfully after failing to fully investigate claims that innocent Muslims were detained and harassed at airports under sweeping anti-terrorism laws, the police watchdog has claimed.”
The Independent, 10th October 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An advert featuring singer Robin Thicke performing his number one hit Blurred Lines must not be shown before 19:30 as it is too sexual, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has said.”
BBC News, 9th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Home Office’s ‘go home’ poster vans targeting illegal immigrants have been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority for quoting misleading arrest statistics.”
The Guardian, 9th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Six protesters who broke into RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire, home of Britain’s first unmanned drones base, were described by a judge at their trial on Monday as ‘dutiful people’. He said it was only with a ‘heavy heart’ that he found them guilty of criminal damage to the base.”
The Guardian, 7th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A paedophile who received a suspended jail term after the prosecution branded his 13-year-old victim ‘predatory’ is having his sentence reviewed.”
The Independent, 8th October 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Junior doctor who sexually assaulted and secretly photographed female patients with his mobile phone during intimate examinations has been jailed for 18 months.”
The Guardian, 4th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The High Court has strongly affirmed the prohibition against the pursuit of long delayed complaints against doctors in regulatory proceedings. The prohibition arose from the General Medical Council’s own procedural rules. It applied even where the allegations were of the most serious kind, including sexual misconduct, and could only be waived in exceptional circumstances and where the public interest demanded. The burden was upon the GMC to establish a sufficiently compelling public interest where allegations had already been thoroughly investigated by the competent authorities such as the police and social services.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 26th September 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“The High Court has strongly affirmed the prohibition against the pursuit of long delayed complaints against doctors in regulatory proceedings. The prohibition arose from the General Medical Council’s own procedural rules. It applied even where the allegations were of the most serious kind, including sexual misconduct, and could only be waived in exceptional circumstances and where the public interest demanded. The burden was upon the GMC to establish a sufficiently compelling public interest where allegations had already been thoroughly investigated by the competent authorities such as the police and social services.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 26th September 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“A local authority is set to pay out thousands of pounds after it housed 40 homeless families in bed and breakfast accommodation for longer than the recommended limit of six weeks.”
Local Government Lawyer, 24th September 2013
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
“The Legal Ombudsman (LeO) is to begin work on what types of complaints it should accept from non-clients amid reports of lawyers harassing third parties over alleged debts, violating their privacy and doling out abusive treatment in court.”
Legal Futures, 24th September 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
“The Independent Police Complaints Commission (“IPCC”) could only handle a complaint against the police in strict accordance with its statutory powers under the Police Reform Act 2002. It was required to “record” matters which might amount to criminal and/or disciplinary misconduct but it was no part of the IPCC’s function to make definitive finding or rulings on such matters.”
WLR Daily, 11th September 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“The case of Saha v Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine [2013] EWHC 2438 (QB) concerned a £1.5m claim for harassment by a doctoral student against her supervisor Following a hearing that lasted 7 days, with the claimant acting in person, Hamblen J dismissed the claim in its entirety, summarising his conclusions at [160] as follows:
‘I find that a number of the alleged incidents are not proven, and those that are proved do not involve harassment. At most they involve treating Miss Saha in an abrupt, peremptory and at times vexed manner. They do not involve aggressive, bullying or threatening behaviour.'”
Education Law Blog, 18th September 2013
Source: www.education11kbw.com
“Online advertisers do not have to hold evidence to show that user comments can be substantiated and that they comply with UK advertising rules where the comments have not been “adopted and incorporated” into marketing material, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has confirmed.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th September 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
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