‘A non-lawyer owner of an alternative business structure (ABS) responsible for multiple rule breaches – including a £3.6m shortfall on his firm’s client account – has been banned from working in another one.’
Legal Futures, 11th February 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘One of the NHS’ most senior doctors has been struck off after spying on a 15-year-old girl as she showered.’
The Independent, 6th February 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A mother has criticised the punishments given to two officers found guilty of misconduct after her daughter’s death.’
BBC News, 4th February 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A solicitor has been struck off after nearly 40 years in practice after admitting that the difficulties of relying on payment from criminal legal aid work overwhelmed him.’
Legal Futures, 21st January 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘National firm Weightmans acted within the law to sack a long-serving staff member over her internet usage whilst at work, an employment tribunal has found.’
Law Society's Gazette, 17th January 2020
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘An experienced solicitor has been fined £20,000 for misconduct after being duped into accepting that a woman was who she said she was because he did not require documentary proof.’
Legal Futures, 16th January 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A campaigner who used her email address as a committee member of the Solicitors International Human Rights Group (SIHRG) to conduct unlawful immigration law work was convicted this week.’
Legal Futures, 15th January 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Today (Friday 10 January) the Home Office is introducing legislation that will shake up how complaints made against the police are handled and improve the discipline system for officers.’
Home Office, 10th January 2020
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘Investigations into alleged misconduct by prison staff have risen by a third in a year, figures have revealed.’
BBC News, 13th January 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A recent Upper Tribunal decision has potentially far-reaching implications for schools considering excluding pupils with disabilities, write Tom Amraoui and Rachel Sullivan.’
Local Government Lawyer, 10th January 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘In Cadent Gas Ltd v Singh [2019] UKEAT 0024/19/0810, the Employment Appeal Tribunal has considered whether the personal animus of a manager who had been heavily involved in a disciplinary investigation had tainted the dismissal process as a whole, even though the dismissing managers had not shared that animus. Furthermore, the EAT considered whether that manager’s prejudice towards the Claimant, informed by his trade union activities, could be attributed to the employer.’
12 King's Bench Walk, 3rd January 2020
Source: www.12kbw.co.uk
‘An employment tribunal has ruled that it was wrong to uphold an unfair dismissal claim against a partner in a law firm closed down by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).’
Legal Futures, 8th January 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Just over 17% of racially aggravated crimes investigated by military police over the past five years resulted in guilty verdicts at court martial, it has emerged, as the armed forces faces new pressure over claims it is failing black and Asian service personnel.’
The Guardian, 7th January 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘In what multiple commentators have hailed as a landmark legal case, Norwich Employment Tribunal found that the Claimant’s “ethical veganism” is a philosophical belief and therefore a protected characteristic for the purposes of section 10 of the Equality Act 2010 (“s.10”) following a preliminary hearing on 2nd and 3rd January 2020.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 4th January 2020
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Ethical veganism is a “philosophical belief” and so is protected in law, a tribunal has ruled for the first time.’
BBC News, 3rd January 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A researcher who lost her job after tweeting that men cannot change their biological sex has lost an employment tribunal after her opinions were ruled “absolutist”.’
The Independent, 19th December 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A decorated Metropolitan police superintendent convicted of possessing a child abuse video has formally asked the court of appeal to strike down her conviction.’
The Guardian, 18th December 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The occasionally dramatic if sprawling medical tribunal of the former British Cycling and Team Sky doctor Richard Freeman, which was due to be done and dusted last March, may not finish now until October 2020 after being adjourned yet again.’
The Guardian, 16th December 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The seven jockeys who each received a 10-day ban for failing to heed a yellow void-race flag at Sandown on December 7 will have their appeal heard by the British Horseracing Authority’s independent disciplinary panel in High Holborn on Tuesday.’
Daily Telegraph, 16th December 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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