Heathfield man who mixed explosives in coffee grinder sentenced – BBC News
‘A man who had so many homemade fireworks he could have blown up his house has been given a suspended sentence.’
BBC News, 5th June 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: disqualification
Midwife struck off for misconduct after deaths of two babies – The Guardian
‘A former midwife whose actions were said to have contributed to the deaths of two babies is to be struck off, a misconduct tribunal has ruled.’
The Guardian, 20th May 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Motorist escapes jail after three-year-old is crushed to death by Land Rover trailer – Daily Telegraph
‘The heartbroken family of a three-year-old boy crushed to death by a runaway trailer yesterday branded the motorist’s sentence a “joke” after he escaped prison.
Daily Telegraph, 2nd April 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
London black cab driver jailed for sex attacks on sleeping women – BBC News
‘A black cab driver who sexually assaulted two women who fell asleep in his taxi has been jailed for 10 years.’
BBC News, 30th March 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Dating site ban for ‘serial abuser’ Karl Crimmins – BBC News
‘A “serial abuser” who admitted unlawfully wounding a woman he met online has been banned from joining dating websites.’
BBC News, 25th March 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Neknominate goldfish man banned from owning fish – BBC News
‘A man who was filmed swallowing a goldfish for the Neknominate online drinking game has been been banned from owning fish for five years.’
BBC News, 2nd March 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Teacher gets life-long ban from profession after admitting affair with student – The Independent
‘A 26-year-old teacher has been disqualified from the profession for life after she admitted to an affair with a student.’
The Independent, 25th February 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Cellino and Leeds United in Troubled Waters – Sports Law Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers
‘The Football League finally got their man. But is it too late? Will Massimo Cellino and Leeds United yet sail off into the clear blue sea?’
Sports Law Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers, 3rd December 2014
Source: www.sportslawbulletin.org
Street Tweet not so neat – Sports Law Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers
‘Football managers and coaches are not infrequently subjected to disciplinary sanctions by football regulatory bodies for speaking out about referees and such like. It is comparatively rarer for players to be sanctioned for expressing themselves, although this has now happened twice to QPR and sometime England midfielder and avid tweeter Rio Ferdinand.’
Sports Law Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers, 10th November 2014
Source: www.sportslawbulletin.org
Abertillery care home nurses struck off over ‘shocking failings’ – BBC News
‘Two nurses whose care led to “avoidable harm to vulnerable patients” at an Abertillery care home have been struck off by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.’
BBC News, 1st October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Jail for solicitor who kept on practising after being struck off – Legal Futures
‘A solicitor has been jailed for practising despite being struck off nearly two years ago in what is thought to be the first time a court has imposed an immediate custodial sentence for such an offence.’
Legal Futures, 25th September 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
NHS heart expert and three colleagues jailed for £1m fraud – Daily Telegraph
‘John Mulholland who has an international reputation and is published widely in academic journals, billed the NHS £1.1 million for work that was never done.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd September 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
William Allitt School teacher Christopher Mallinson banned – BBC News
‘A former assistant head teacher who kissed and hugged a pupil has been banned from teaching.’
BBC News, 28th August 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Toilet phone’ teacher Andrew Eades gets life ban – BBC News
‘A teacher who set his mobile phone to record in a secondary school’s toilets has been banned from the profession for life.’
BBC News, 31st July 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ashraf v General Dental Council – WLR Daily
Ashraf v General Dental Council [2014] EWHC 2618 (Admin); [2014] WLR (D) 342
‘Whilst it was not inherently unfair for a regulator to pursue disciplinary charges against a professional where he had been acquitted of substantially the same charges in the criminal courts, that did not mean that there would not be circumstances in which it might well be unfair to proceed.’
WLR Daily, 29th July 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina v Langley – WLR Daily
Regina v Langley [2014] WLR (D) 238
‘Older authorities on sentencing had to be considered in the light of the requirement in section 125 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 that definitive sentencing guidelines had to be followed. Further, the power in section 147 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 to impose a disqualification from driving was exercisable in relation to a conspiracy to rob where the defendant was the getaway driver.’
WLR Daily, 12th June 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
