‘A House of Lords committee that suspended a Liberal Democrat peer who it found had sexually harassed a women’s rights campaigner has defended its decision, after the upper house voted to block the punishment.’
The Guardian, 20th November 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A bus driver who was sacked for testing positive for cocaine has been awarded £40,000 after a tribunal ruled the drug could have got into his system when he licked his fingers after accepting notes from students.’
Daily Telegraph, 20th November 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A women’s rights campaigner has said she feels “victimised all over again” after the House of Lords voted to block the suspension of a Liberal Democrat peer who was found to have promised to make her a baroness if she agreed to sleep with him.’
The Guardian, 15th November 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) needs to activate a dormant power that allows it to introduce ‘fitness to practise’ rules, in the wake of yesterday’s ruling about the role of mental health in solicitors’ misconduct, regulatory experts have argued.’
Legal Futures, 14th November 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Pressure of work or extreme working conditions “cannot either alone or in conjunction with stress or depression” justify not striking off dishonest solicitors, the High Court has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 13th November 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘An experienced solicitor has been struck off after being convicted of fraudulently claiming housing benefit when she had savings that made her ineligible.’
Legal Futures, 7th November 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A law firm that also owns an estate agency and acted for seller, buyer and as the seller’s agent in 14 residential conveyancing transactions has been fined over the conflict of interest this generated.’
Legal Futures, 5th November 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A former police inspector who targeted junior colleagues for sex committed gross misconduct, a panel has ruled.’
BBC News, 1st November 2018
Source: www.bbc.com
‘A solicitor who paid over £100,000 in income from her bed and breakfast and caravan park businesses into her firm’s client account has been fined £15,000 by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT).’
Legal Futures, 30th October 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A police officer who Tasered a man shortly before his death should not have held the trigger for such a long time, the police watchdog has found.’
The Guardian, 26th October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Three PCs involved in arresting a man left paralysed and brain-damaged have been sacked after being found guilty by a misconduct panel.’
BBC News, 22nd October 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The High Court has dismissed an appeal by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) against a disciplinary tribunal’s decision to clear Martyn Day, two of his colleagues and his firm Leigh Day over their conduct of the Al-Sweady case.’
Legal Futures, 19th October 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The City of London police force has failed in an attempt to block disciplinary action against an officer who was accused of clubbing a student over the head and causing a life-threatening brain injury.’
The Guardian, 15th October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The suspension handed out by a disciplinary tribunal to a solicitor found guilty of sexual assault in a high-profile case was too lenient, the High Court has ruled in quadrupling its length.’
Legal Futures, 16th October 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A gossiping chiropractor faced a disciplinary hearing after he told a patient’s mother that her daughter was pregnant.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd Otober 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Raychaudhuri v General Medical Council [2018] EWCA Civ 2027. On 14th September 2018 the Court of Appeal allowed an appeal by a doctor against a finding that his fitness to practice was impaired by reason of dishonesty.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 27th September 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
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