“The Legal Services Board today publishes a report by a team led by Professor Richard Moorhead of University College, Director of the Centre for Ethics and Law at London, outlining how professional ethics in the legal sector may be tracked over time. The LSB commissioned the research to support the ongoing evaluation of the impact of the Legal Services Act 2007.”
Full story (PDF)
Legal Services Board, 5th September 2012
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
Related link: Designing Ethics Indicators for Legal Services Provision (PDF)
“The pathologist who conducted the first post-mortem tests on a man who died in 2009’s G20 protests in London has been struck off the medical register.”
BBC News, 23rd August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Dr Freddy Patel acted with ‘deficient professional performance’ over his postmortem investigation into the death of Ian Tomlinson during the G20 protests, a medical tribunal has concluded.”
The Guardian, 21st August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The number of rapes being reported to Scotland Yard has fallen significantly amid claims of crumbling confidence among victims towards the Met’s specialist sex crimes operation, Sapphire.”
The Guardian, 19th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A disciplinary panel says the pathologist who conducted the first post-mortem examination on Ian Tomlinson is ‘dishonest’ and ‘liable to bring his profession into disrepute’.”
BBC News, 13th August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Directors within Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation could face corporate charges and prosecution for neglect of their duties, in plans that are being examined by the Crown Prosecution Service.”
Full story
The Guardian, 31st July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lady Warsi has been cleared of expenses irregularities by a Lords investigation but found in breach of its code of conduct over her failure to properly register a property with the Lords.”
The Guardian, 26th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A company can be liable for unwanted comments made on the Facebook account of an employee by colleagues, providing that the actions ‘fall within the course of employment’, an employment tribunal has found.”
OUT-LAW.com, 20th July 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“A teacher at an all girls’ school has been banned from classrooms after being accused of being ‘obsessed with sex’.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“More than 75 judges were disciplined for misconduct last year, official figures show, with some banned after being jailed for crimes as serious as blackmail and manslaughter.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Failings ‘at every level’ of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) mean it is letting down patients in its prime duty to protect them, says a report.”
BBC News, 3rd July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Nearly half of Britain’s care facilities are failing to provide adequate care for vulnerable adults, an official inquiry has concluded.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th June 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An employment judge has become the first to be publicly censured under new rules that will see all judges and magistrates who are disciplined for misconduct have their cases publicised by the Office for Judicial Complaints (OJC).”
The Lawyer, 11th June 2012
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“On the panel tonight – Kim Evans, commissioning editor of The Justice Gap and ex government lawyer Carl Gardner, author of the Head of Legal blog.
Tonight’s topics are varied and raise important issues for the law.
The Spectator contempt case, Hunt, Warsi, the ministerial code and the meaning of quasi-judicial, Richard Moorhead’s ‘Case for code’.”
Charon QC, 8th June 2012
Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com
“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.
“A Christian mental health worker who was sacked over her opposition to abortion is suing the NHS accusing it of having a ‘dangerously totalitarian’ approach to dissent on the issue.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th May 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Mistakes by GPs when fitting contraceptive coils have led to women unexpectedly becoming pregnant and suffering womb damage.”
The Guardian, 27th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Doctors who refuse to give contraceptives to unmarried women or carry out sex change operations face being struck off under new guidelines.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd May 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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