Nurse struck off over hit-and-run death of man, 82 – BBC News
‘A nurse who killed a great-grandfather in a drink-drive hit-and-run has been struck off.’
BBC News, 17th May 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: professional conduct
Peers support widening SRA’s fining and investigative powers – Legal Futures
‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) needs more powers to prevent misconduct by law firms involved in strategic litigation against public participation (SLAPPs), peers have urged.’
Legal Futures, 15th May 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
SRA seeks power to launch “spot checks” of law firms – Legal Futures
‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has called for the power to launch “wide-sweeping inspections” of law firms without needing the trigger of a specific allegation of misconduct.’
Legal Futures, 8th May 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
SRA seeks power to launch “spot checks” of law firms – Legal Futures
‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has called for the power to launch “wide-sweeping inspections” of law firms without needing the trigger of a specific allegation of misconduct.’
Legal Futures, 8th May 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Insight and ‘conduct fundamentally incompatible with continued registration’: PSA v NMC and Kadiatu Jalloh [2023] EWHC 3331 (Admin) – 2 Hare Court
‘In PSA v NMC and Kadiatu Jalloh [2023] EWHC 3331 (Admin), the Administrative Court allowed the PSA’s referral of the NMC’s decision only to suspend the Registrant, a psychiatric nurse. The proceedings in the High Court were, essentially, an appeal against sanction on the ground that it was too lenient.’
2 Hare Court, 5th April 2024
Source: www.2harecourt.com
‘’O, reason not the need!” – Why King Lear was wrong or: The Importance of Reasons in Disciplinary Proceedings – Francis Taylor Building
‘The general importance of the duty to give reasons at common law is well known to disciplinary practitioners. The recent debate generated by the comments made by the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Mark Rowley, in the context of police misconduct further highlights the importance of all disciplinary panels arriving at decisions which are robust and sustainable against legal challenge.’
Francis Taylor Building, 12th March 2024
Source: www.ftbchambers.co.uk
Retired UK GP suspended for five months after climate protests – The Guardian
‘A doctor who went to jail after a series of climate protests has been taken off the medical register for five months – and still faces being permanently struck off. The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) – the disciplinary arm of the General Medical Council (GMC) – suspended Dr Sarah Benn on Tuesday, having found last week that her fitness to practise as a doctor had been impaired by reason of misconduct.’
The Guardian, 23rd April 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
Does time spent on an immediate suspension order whilst awaiting appeal count towards the overall period of suspension? Nabeel Aga v The General Dental Council [2023] EWHC 3208 (Admin) – 2 Hare Court
‘The decision late last year by Ritchie J in Aga v GDC caused uproar in the regulatory and professional discipline worlds.’
2 Hare Court, 5th April 2024
Source: www.2harecourt.com
Cookery teachers banned after altering pupils’ food – BBC News
‘Two cookery teachers have been permanently banned from the profession after altering pupils’ dishes in a bid to improve their grades.’
BBC News, 23rd April 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Suspended sentence for struck-off solicitor who misused client funds – Legal Futures
‘A solicitor who used a client’s £132,000 divorce settlement to pay off her tax bill and give money to her daughter has been handed a suspended prison sentence.’
Legal Futures, 22nd April 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Met Police refers itself to watchdog after woman fatally stabbed in Westminster home – The Independent
‘Scotland Yard has referred itself to the police watchdog after officers waited until the next morning to respond to calls and then found a woman stabbed to death.’
The Independent, 9th April 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Former police officer jailed after having sex with woman during 999 call to her home – Crown Prosecution Service
‘A police officer who had sex with a woman after responding to a 999 call at her home has been jailed.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 5th April 2024
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Taxi driver who showed female passenger explicit link loses licensing appeal – Local Government Lawyer
‘A taxi driver who admitted showing a female passenger a weblink to an explicit website has lost an appeal to drive an East Cambridgeshire District Council licensed taxi or private hire vehicle.’
Local Government Lawyer, 2nd April 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
SRA fines “unfair” and “schizophrenic”, solicitors argue – Legal Futures
‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) approach to fines has been branded unfair and “schizophrenic” in the wake of hefty penalties handed out to solicitors convicted of drink-driving.’
Legal Futures, 25th March 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘It’s an excuse to overreach’: families’ anger over UK police restraint deaths blamed on disputed condition – The Guardian
‘Acute behavioural disturbance and excited delirium have been cited in police watchdog reports and inquests into 44 deaths – but campaigners say it is pseudoscience.’
The Guardian, 17th March 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
Apathy and ignorance around legal ethics ‘root causes’ of misconduct – Law Society’s Gazette
‘Lawyers’ lack of interest in ethics may be fuelling an increase in rogue behaviour in the profession, an academic expert on the legal profession has suggested. Professor Richard Moorhead told a conference of lawyers yesterday that “apathy” and “ignorance” were a “root cause” of unethical behaviours that have manifested in issues such as the Post Office scandal.’
Law Society's Gazette, 8th March 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
