‘The High Court has overturned a cost judge’s refusal to grant relief from sanctions that prevented claimant lawyers from recovering their success fees, and instead accused the defendants of “unreasonable and opportunistic” conduct.’
Litigation Futures, 6th October 2014
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘How should we approach applications for relief from sanctions made by the other side? Elliot Kay considers a recent and useful decision of the High Court.’
Zenith PI Blog, 6th October 2014
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘Two nurses whose care led to “avoidable harm to vulnerable patients” at an Abertillery care home have been struck off by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.’
BBC News, 1st October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Afficionados of Sherlock Holmes will recall “The Adventure of Silver Blaze”, a tale of horse nobbling and dark deeds amidst the turf fanciers of late Victorian England. “Silver Blaze” (incidentally the only Holmes story to feature a deerstalker cap, and that only in an accompanying illustration) is a story in which the question of custody of the horse is all important, and is best known for the curious incident of the dog in the night-time. The curious incident is that the dog did nothing (it had been doped, using curried mutton – not a frequently encountered doping agent in modern sporting life) , and nothing is also what the rider of the horse did in Turner v British Equestrian Federation (SR/0000120209, 1 August 2014). Nothing wrong, that is.’
Sports Law Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers, 25th September 2014
Source: www.sportslawbulletin.org
‘A police constable under investigation following the death of a mentally ill musician has lost a legal battle to be allowed to resign in order to become a Church of England minister.’
The Guardian, 25th September 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A doctor who told a patient who was threatening to kill herself to “go and jolly well do it now” has been suspended for three months.’
BBC News, 18th September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A former legal director of Times Newspapers Ltd was guilty of “recklessly” rather than “knowingly” misleading the court in relation to litigation over revelations about the “NightJack” blogger, the High Court has ruled.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 12th September 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Lawyers who mislead the court will end up with “exemplary and deterrent” punishments, the Lord Chief Justice has warned.’
Legalfutures, 12th September 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A psychiatrist who circumcised 41 boys at a “non-sterile” clinic in a terraced house has been found guilty of misconduct. Dr Hassan Abdulla was not registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) when he operated at the Al-Khalill Clinic in Leicester.’
BBC News, 11th September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A teacher has been banned indefinitely after he swore at pupils, punched them and called them offensive names.’
BBC News, 21st August 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Doctors who make mistakes in the care of their patients could face tougher sanctions, under plans being considered by the General Medical Council.’
BBC News, 22nd August 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Disciplinary action launched in wake of sexual harassment allegations against the peer is dropped by the party.’
Daily Telegraph, 19th August 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Civil Justice Council issues new guidance on instructing experts in civil claims.’
Civil Justice Council, 13th August 2014
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘The Service Confidence Procedure (“SCP”), which was the statutory misconduct regime for police officers, was amenable to judicial review, but in circumstances where reasons for it were subject to a decision that they could not be disclosed due to public interest immunity, then the threshold for judicial interference was very high.’
WLR Daily, 7th August 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘Two lawyers working for News International at the height of the phone hacking scandal are being prosecuted by the legal profession’s regulator for allegedly seeking to cover up the scale of criminality at the News of the World.’
The Guardian, 9th August 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Barrister and part-time judge stripped of office for her role in the Chris Huhne ‘points-swap’ scandal.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th August 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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