Banker banned from City for obtaining £1.4m dishonestly to cover debts – The Guardian

Posted January 31st, 2012 in banking, disciplinary procedures, financial regulation, fines, news by sally

“One of the most senior figures in the banking industry, Ravi Sinha, who once fronted a bid for Northern Rock, has been banned from working in the City and fined £2.9m by the Financial Services Authority after dishonestly obtaining millions of pounds to cover his debts.”

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The Guardian, 31st January 2012

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Barrister who Tweeted insults struck off – Daily Telegraph

Posted January 30th, 2012 in barristers, disciplinary procedures, news, professional conduct by sally

“Barrister David Harris, who used Twitter to call opposing lawyers ‘slimebags’ and announced he wanted to ‘let the whoring and drinking’ begin after case had finished, has been struck off.”

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Daily Telegraph, 27th January 2012

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Psychiatric nurse struck off after forcing himself on pregnant patient – Daily Telegraph

Posted January 27th, 2012 in disciplinary procedures, mental health, news, nurses, professional conduct by tracey

“Jonathan Henk, a psychiatric nurse who forced himself on a patient he was secretly dating after discovering she was pregnant by another man, has been struck off.”

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Daily Telegraph, 25th January 2012

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ACS:Law solicitor at centre of internet piracy row suspended – The Guardian

“The London-based lawyer at the centre of a long-running row over internet piracy has been suspended for two years and ordered to pay £76,000 in costs.”

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The Guardian, 18th January 2012

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Football Association defends disciplinary system – BBC News

Posted January 9th, 2012 in disciplinary procedures, news, sport by tracey
 “The Football Association has defended its near perfect record in disciplinary cases last year involving clubs, players or managers. Its Independent Regulatory Commission heard 473 cases between December 2010 and December 2011, but only two of them ended in ‘not guilty’ verdicts.”
 
 
BBC News, 7th January 2012
 
 

Poor teachers ‘will slip through the net’ under reforms – Daily Telegraph

Posted January 6th, 2012 in disciplinary procedures, news, professional conduct, teachers by tracey

“Hundreds of poor teachers are likely to be allowed to remain in the classroom under Government plans to scrap the profession’s official regulator, it is feared.”

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Daily Telegraph, 6th January 2012

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Joey Barton’s appeal against red card rejected by Football Association – The Guardian

Posted January 4th, 2012 in appeals, disciplinary procedures, news, sport, violence by tracey

“Joey Barton’s appeal against his red card for violent conduct in QPR’s match against Norwich City has been dismissed by the Football Association.”

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The Guardian, 4th January 2012

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Met Police corruption: Officers allowed to resign – BBC News

Posted January 3rd, 2012 in complaints, corruption, disciplinary procedures, news, police by tracey

“More than 130 Metropolitan Police (Met) officers were allowed to resign rather than facing misconducts panels over the last year, figures have shown.”

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BBC News, 2nd January 2012

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Assisted suicide: GMC to publish guidance – BBC News

Posted December 16th, 2011 in assisted suicide, complaints, disciplinary procedures, doctors, news by tracey

“Guidance on how to deal with complaints against doctors who may have assisted in suicides will be published by the General Medical Council.”

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BBC News, 16th December 2011

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Revenue suspends its inquiry into tax office whistleblower – The Guardian

Posted December 16th, 2011 in disciplinary procedures, news, solicitors, tax avoidance, whistleblowers by tracey

“Officials at Revenue and Customs are reconsidering disciplinary procedures against a whistleblower whose information has led to two inquiries into allegations that City corporations were let off billions of pounds in tax penalties. A Whitehall source said tax officials had suspended a ‘fact-finding’ investigation into Osita Mba, a tax solicitor, in the wake of criticism from MPs and the public.”

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The Guardian, 15th December 2011

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Goldman Sachs whistleblower threatened with the sack – The Guardian

Posted December 9th, 2011 in disciplinary procedures, news, solicitors, tax avoidance, whistleblowers by tracey

“A solicitor at HM Revenue & Customs who turned whistleblower to disclose that senior managers had quietly let off Goldman Sachs from paying millions of pounds in tax penalties is facing disciplinary procedures and possible prosecution for speaking out.”

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The Guardian, 8th December 2011

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Police officer cleared of custody assault wins his job back – The Guardian

Posted December 5th, 2011 in assault, disciplinary procedures, news, police by sally

“A police officer who was sacked after being jailed for throwing a woman onto the concrete floor of a cell has won his job back.”

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The Guardian, 2nd December 2011

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Regina (Garland) v Secretary of State for Justice and another – WLR Daily

Posted November 21st, 2011 in disciplinary procedures, judicial review, law reports, prisons, time limits by tracey

Regina (Garland) v Secretary of State for Justice and another: [2011] EWCA Civ 1335;  [2011] WLR (D)  333

“Under rule 53(1) of the Prison Rules 1999 prison authorities were allowed a full 48 hours from discovery of an offence against discipline to lay a charge against a prisoner, and longer where there were exceptional circumstances making it impossible to lay the charge within that time.”

WLR Daily, 17th November 2011

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Mike Tindall removed from England elite squad and fined by RFU – BBC News

Posted November 11th, 2011 in disciplinary procedures, fines, news, sport by tracey

“Mike Tindall has been fined £25,000 by the Rugby Football Union (RFU) and removed from England’s elite player squad for his World Cup conduct.”

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BBC News, 11th November 2011

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Met Police chief inspector sacked over sex and drugs boast – BBC News

Posted November 11th, 2011 in disciplinary procedures, news, police by tracey

“A Metropolitan Police chief inspector has been sacked after boasting on a dating website of committing a sexual offence and taking drugs.”

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BBC News, 10th November 2011

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Doctor who carried out string of botched operations resumes work at NHS hospital – Daily Telegraph

Posted November 4th, 2011 in disciplinary procedures, doctors, news by tracey

“Although the General Medical Council recommended that Gideon Lauffer be permanently struck off, a fitness to practice panel suspended him for six months following the deaths of two patients. The suspension has now expired and the former consultant has taken up a post in the A&E department at St Thomas’s hospital in London, it has been disclosed.”

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Daily Telegraph, 3rd November 2011

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Northampton nurse David Ajayi struck off over groping – BBC News

Posted October 28th, 2011 in disciplinary procedures, news, nurses by tracey

“A ‘predatory and controlling’ nurse found to have groped patients and a carer has been ordered to be struck off by a disciplinary panel.”

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BBC News, 28th October 2011

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Former ILEX student successfully quashes cheating claims – The Lawyer

Posted October 21st, 2011 in appeals, disciplinary procedures, legal education, news by sally

“The Court of Appeal has reversed the decision of an Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX) disciplinary hearing, ruling that the body’s disciplinary process was not independent enough to serve its purpose.”

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The Lawyer, 20th October 2011

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Regina (Kaur) v Institute of Legal Executives Appeal Tribunal and another – WLR Daily

Regina (Kaur) v Institute of Legal Executives Appeal Tribunal and another [2011] EWCA Civ 1168; [2011] WLR (D) 298

“Judges should not sit or should face recusal or disqualification where there was a real possibility on the objective appearances of things, assessed by the fair-minded and informed observer, that the tribunal could be biased. The vice-president of the Institute of Legal Executives (‘ILEX’) ought not to have been a member of a disciplinary appeal tribunal set up by the institute to deal with breaches of its rules. Her leading role in the institute and her inevitable interest in its policy of disciplinary regulation should have disqualified her because the fair-minded and informed observer ought to have or would have concluded that there was a real possibility of bias.”

WLR Daily, 19th October 2011

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Kent Policewoman not guilty of false attack claim – BBC News

Posted October 20th, 2011 in assault, disciplinary procedures, news, police, wasting police time by tracey

“A Kent police officer who was accused of falsely claiming she was attacked while on duty has been cleared of wasting police time.”

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BBC News, 19th October 2011

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