Bar Handbook 2008 – The Bar Council
“The Bar Council is publishing a portable, concise, single point of reference of all its current guidance and advice.”
The Bar Council, 28th February 2008
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
Category: professional conduct
Reprimand for Met’s former terror chief – The Guardian
“The former head of Scotland Yard’s counter-terrorism unit will be reprimanded for his role in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, the Independent Police Complaints Commission said last night.”
The Guardian, 13th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
GMC strikes Dr David Southall off medical register – The Times
“Controversial paediatrician Dr David Southall has been struck off the medical register after being found guilty of serious misconduct.”
The Times, 5th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Controversial paediatrician reprimanded again – The Guardian
“Leading paediatrician Professor David Southall could face the end of his career after the General Medical Council found yesterday that he inappropriately accused a distressed mother of drugging and then murdering her 10-year-old son.”
The Guardian, 28th November 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Muslim dentist “made patient cover her head” – The Times
“A Muslim dentist insisted that a young woman wear an Islamic headscarf before he would agree to treat her for toothache, the General Dental Council was told yesterday.”
The Times, 25th September 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Rude, loud and rowdy in the court – and that’s the lawyers – The Times
“A justices’ clerk has attacked the swearing, raucousness, inappropriate dress and rudeness of those appearing before him in his court every day – but not in the dock.”
The Times, 20th September 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Senior officer who had sex on duty is cleared – Daily Telegraph
“A senior police officer who left his duties to have sex with a woman at Gatwick airport was yesterday found not guilty of wilful misconduct.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th August 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
MMR scare doctor ‘breached fundamental rules’ – The Guardian
“Vulnerable children were subjected to ‘inappropriate and invasive’ tests by a doctor who prompted one of the biggest health controversies of the past 10 years, it was alleged today.”
The Guardian, 17th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Doctor at centre of MMR controversy accused of paying children at party for blood samples – The Guardian
“The doctor who linked the MMR jab to autism, prompting one of the biggest medical controversies of the past 10 years, paid children attending his son’s birthday party to donate their blood for his research, it was alleged yesterday.”
The Guardian, 17th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Doctor felt babies were suffering – BBC News
“A doctor who gave a paralysing drug to two terminally ill babies, hastening their deaths, ‘felt in his heart’ the children were suffering.”
BBC News, 9th July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Teacher suspended for secretly filming disruptive pupils for TV- The Times
“A supply teacher who secretly filmed pupils fighting, swearing at her and disrupting classes for a television documentary was found guilty of unacceptable professional conduct yesterday and suspended from teaching for a year.”
The Times, 5th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Solicitors’ Code of Conduct in post-makeover launch – The Lawyer
“The new Solicitors’ Code of Conduct was unleashed on the legal profession yesterday (1 July) after five years in the making.”
The Lawyer, 2nd July 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Will new conduct guidelines be a burden on smaller firms? – The Times
“The code is the most fundamental change introduced so far by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), which has regulated the profession in England and Wales since January this year. The code replaces the Guide to the Professional Conduct of Solicitors (1999) and the Guide Online together with 10 other codes and rules (including the Solicitors’ Practice Rules 1990 and the Law Society’s Code for Advocacy) and introduces various changes. Although welcomed by larger firms, its requirements are onerous for smaller firms.”
The Times, 26th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Unravelling the code – Law Society’s Gazette
“Bronwen Still and Derek Mitchell of the Solicitors Regulation Authority provide a rule-by-rule introduction to the new Solicitors Code of Conduct.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 14th June 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
