‘The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) has halved its budget for appeals from alternative business structures (ABSs), as it has yet to receive one since the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) started licensing them in 2012.
Legal Futures, 9th November 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has had his appeal against a £50,000 fine and a suspended one-game stadium ban dismissed by the Football Association.’
BBC News, 5th November 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Doctors, nurses, midwives and teachers are now legally required to report cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) to the police. Failure to do so will result in disciplinary measures and could ultimately lead to them being barred from working.’
BBC News, 31st October 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The case against two hospital nurses accused of wilfully neglecting vulnerable patients has collapsed.’
BBC News, 14th October 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A solicitor who deceived his firm and his clients for 13 months into thinking that he was pursuing their group employment tribunal (ET) claims, when in fact they had been struck out because of his inactivity, has been removed from the profession.’
Legal Futures, 14th October 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A Wrexham teacher convicted of making her own Doctor Who merchandise and selling it on eBay has been reprimanded at a disciplinary hearing.’
BBC News, 8th October 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The two Met officers’ messages only came to light during investigation into Andrew Mitchell-Plebgate affair.’
The Guardian, 8th October 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘In Ramphal v Department for Transport, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) provided clear guidance on the extent of the role that human resources (HR) departments may legitimately perform during a disciplinary procedure.’
Littleton Chambers, 7th October 2015
Source: www.littletonchambers.com
‘A solicitor who forged his client’s signature on a witness statement has been struck off, even though the client himself expressed surprise that disciplinary action had been taken.’
Legal Futures, 24th September 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has thrown out charges brought by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) against a non-qualified fee-earner, deciding he had no case to answer and that the regulator should pay costs as a reminder to keep cases under review as they progress.’
Legal Futures, 22nd September 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A married teacher who had sex with a pupil and ignored a warning has been banned from the classroom for life.’
BBC News, 17th September 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A headmaster who supervised a school trip to Brazil where a pupil was murdered after a drunken night out has been found guilty of professional misconduct but has not been banned from teaching.’
Daily Telegraph, 16th September 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Two teachers who had sex in a school have been banned from teaching.’
The Guardian, 9th September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A former president of Bolton Law Society, described by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) as a “fundamentally decent man”, made 61 improper transfers from client account and used a personal credit card to keep his firm afloat.’
Legal Futures, 26th August 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘People who are stopped and searched for no good reason should receive a personal apology from the officers concerned, to help restore public confidence in the police.’
The Independent, 18th August 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A nurse who was jailed for amassing a hoard of ammunition and explosives has been struck off.’
BBC News, 16th August 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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