“The pathologist who botched the post-mortem of a man struck by a policeman at G20 protests in 2009 has abandoned his appeal against being struck off.”
The Independent, 19th June 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Regina (Gray and another) v Crown Court at Aylesbury [2013] EWHC 500 (Admin); [2013] WLR (D) 204
“The court ought not to record a separate conviction under section 9 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 where a person had been found guilty of an offence under section 4 and the neglect proved under section 9 was no wider than the conduct which caused the unnecessary suffering for which there was guilt under section 4.”
WLR Daily, 12th March 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A driver who failed to tell the DVLA that he had diabetes has been jailed for six months and banned from driving for three years leaving a pedestrian impaled on the railings after losing control of his car when his blood-sugar level plummeted.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th May 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A geography teacher has been banned from teaching indefinitely after she
‘romantically pursued’ a pupil for almost two years.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th May 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A disqualified driver fleeing police was jailed for 10 years and six months on Wednesday for killing a couple he mowed down in a car as they rode their tandem bike.”
The Guardian, 22nd May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Thousands of convicted drink drivers every year will have to take medicals
before they can get behind the wheel again.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd May 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A Polish doctor has been struck off after scoring less than 20 per cent in a
performance test.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd May 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Dowland v Architects Registration Board: [2013] EWHC 893 (Admin); [2013] WLR (D) 148
“The Architects Registration Board was not limited to questions of competence when considering whether to reinstate a person to the Register of Architects.”
WLR Daily, 19th April 29013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Godolphin trainer Mahmood Al Zarooni has been banned from racing for eight years
after doping horses at one of the world’s leading racing operations.”
BBC News, 25th April 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Bristol motorist caught driving erratically was ‘high on drum and bass’ a court has heard.”
The Independent, 5th April 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Britain’s most senior police officer has backed higher penalties for drivers who use their mobile phone at the wheel.”
The Independent, 29th March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Telegraph and the Daily Mail are using convicted doctors as ammunition in their latest assault on the Human Rights Act. ‘Dozens of convicted sex offenders are working as doctors, it has emerged’, fulminates The Telegraph. ‘At least 31 men are practising as GPs, consultants and surgeons despite having convictions for assaulting women, possessing child pornography or soliciting prostitutes’. And it’s all the fault of the bête noire – human rights. ‘The General Medical Council (GMC) said it was unable to ban medics for being on the sex offenders’ register as it has been advised that such a move would not be compatible with human rights legislation’.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 1st October 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“A former HBOS executive has been fined £500,000 by the UK financial regulator over his role in the bank’s collapse.”
BBC News, 12th September 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An ambulance manager has been struck off by a health regulator after failing to declare a murder conviction.”
BBC New, 7th September 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Four families are calling for a public inquiry into pathologist Freddy Patel, who was struck off following the death of newspaper seller Ian Tomlinson.”
BBC News, 6th September 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The pathologist who conducted the first post-mortem tests on a man who died in 2009’s G20 protests in London has been struck off the medical register.”
BBC News, 23rd August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Hans Rausing, one of Britain’s richest men, avoided a jail sentence today after he admitted preventing the lawful and decent burial of his wife Eva’s body.”
The Independent, 1st August 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Three dog breeders were jailed yesterday after two newborn puppies were found buried alive in their garden.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man who killed his dog by throwing it out of a 10th floor window has been jailed.”
The Independent, 25th July 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The court would not exercise its discretion under section 4(1)(b) of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 to make a disqualification order against a liquidator who had been guilty of any fraud in relation to the company or of any breach of his duty as such liquidator unless serious misconduct had been established. Where a liquidator applied pursuant to section 16(2) of the Act for a disqualification order under section 4 it was not a prerequisite that the liquidator should have a financial interest in the order being made.”
WLR Daily, 10th July 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
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