‘Desmond Rutledge considers the use of judicial review as a remedy of last resort in welfare benefits cases where the claimant is in financial crisis.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 6th August 2014
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘The first priest to marry his same-sex partner is to issue a legal challenge to the Church of England after his offer of a job as an NHS chaplain was withdrawn when his bishop refused the necessary permission.’
The Guardian, 4th August 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A teacher who set his mobile phone to record in a secondary school’s toilets has been banned from the profession for life.’
BBC News, 31st July 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ashraf v General Dental Council [2014] EWHC 2618 (Admin); [2014] WLR (D) 342
‘Whilst it was not inherently unfair for a regulator to pursue disciplinary charges against a professional where he had been acquitted of substantially the same charges in the criminal courts, that did not mean that there would not be circumstances in which it might well be unfair to proceed.’
WLR Daily, 29th July 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘A teacher who punished pupils by making them put ice cubes in their underwear has been banned from teaching.’
BBC News, 28th July 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Catholic Church in England and Wales has defrocked 52 priests for sexual abuse since 2001. The National Catholic Safeguarding Commission (NCSC) also said 465 sexual assault claims were made against clergy members between 2003 and 2012.’
BBC News, 24th July 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A major shakeup of the police complaints and disciplinary system, including proposals to hold police disciplinary hearings in public, has been announced by the home secretary, Theresa May.’
The Guardian, 22nd July 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A solicitor involved in a boiler-room scam to push financial products to clients has been suspended from practice for 18 months.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 17th July 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A teacher who put his arm around a pupil’s neck while holding a knife and jokingly threatened to kill him for giving a wrong answer has been banned from the classroom for two years.’
The Guardian, 17th July 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Liberal Democrat officials have rejected an attempt by Lord Rennard to overturn his suspension from the party.’
BBC News, 16th July 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Police chiefs have ended a clampdown on whistleblowers to the media with a new code of ethics that puts officers under a “positive obligation” to challenge failings by their colleagues and their bosses.’
The Guardian, 15th July 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Police officers who are rude to the public will face disciplinary action according to new rules, ministers are expected to announce next week.’
The Independent, 12th July 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Home Office has suspended a passport official and ordered a disciplinary investigation after the employee subjected a gay father-of-two to a lengthy interrogation about his sexual history and the details of his adoptions in front of the man’s four-year-old son.’
The Guardian, 13th July 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal is to hear a disciplinary case which led to the Bar Standards Board being accused by Lord Justice Moses of “misleading conduct”.’
Legal Futures, 10th July 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘In a recent bout in the High Court, the specificity of sporting disputes once again came to the fore. In Bruce Baker v British Boxing Board of Control [2014] EWHC 2074 (QB), 25 June 2014, Sir David Eady was faced with the old chestnut of a request for a court to interfere with a national sporting body’s decision to sanction one of its participants. One interim application later, and the BBBC was still standing.’
Competition Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers, 1st July 2014
Source: www.competitionbulletin.com
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