“The role and conduct of solicitors involved in legal proceedings following the 1989 Hillsborough disaster will be investigated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), the regulator announced today.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 20th September 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Too many police officers and staff have taken sexual advantage of members of the public they were supposed to be helping, a watchdog said today.”
The Independent, 20th September 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The media regulator Ofcom has found that BSkyB remains a ‘fit and proper’ owner of a broadcast licence despite the phone-hacking affair which embroiled its parent company and during which, it said, James Murdoch’s conduct repeatedly fell short of the standard to be expected.”
The Guardian, 20th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The police officer acquitted of killing Ian Tomlinson during the G20 protests in London faces certain dismissal after a disciplinary panel found he had committed gross misconduct.”
The Guardian, 17th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The police officer cleared of killing Ian Tomlinson on the fringes of the G20 protests in London will this week face further scrutiny into his conduct through an internal Metropolitan police disciplinary hearing which, unusually, will be held in public. It will be only the second time such an internal police hearing will take place in the open since a 2008 law gave the Independent Police Complaints Commission powers to compel this in instances with particular public interest.”
The Guardian, 16th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police watchdog to investigate Sir Norman Bettison after independent report alleges ‘black propaganda’ campaign by senior officers.”
The Guardian, 15th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A paramedic who allegedly slapped an elderly patient three times across the face was not unfairly dismissed, a tribunal has ruled.”
BBC News, 12th September 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Legal Services Board today publishes a report by a team led by Professor Richard Moorhead of University College, Director of the Centre for Ethics and Law at London, outlining how professional ethics in the legal sector may be tracked over time. The LSB commissioned the research to support the ongoing evaluation of the impact of the Legal Services Act 2007.”
Full story (PDF)
Legal Services Board, 5th September 2012
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
Related link: Designing Ethics Indicators for Legal Services Provision (PDF)
“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
“Dr Freddy Patel acted with ‘deficient professional performance’ over his postmortem investigation into the death of Ian Tomlinson during the G20 protests, a medical tribunal has concluded.”
The Guardian, 21st August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The number of rapes being reported to Scotland Yard has fallen significantly amid claims of crumbling confidence among victims towards the Met’s specialist sex crimes operation, Sapphire.”
The Guardian, 19th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A disciplinary panel says the pathologist who conducted the first post-mortem examination on Ian Tomlinson is ‘dishonest’ and ‘liable to bring his profession into disrepute’.”
BBC News, 13th August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Directors within Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation could face corporate charges and prosecution for neglect of their duties, in plans that are being examined by the Crown Prosecution Service.”
Full story
The Guardian, 31st July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lady Warsi has been cleared of expenses irregularities by a Lords investigation but found in breach of its code of conduct over her failure to properly register a property with the Lords.”
The Guardian, 26th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A company can be liable for unwanted comments made on the Facebook account of an employee by colleagues, providing that the actions ‘fall within the course of employment’, an employment tribunal has found.”
OUT-LAW.com, 20th July 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“A teacher at an all girls’ school has been banned from classrooms after being accused of being ‘obsessed with sex’.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“More than 75 judges were disciplined for misconduct last year, official figures show, with some banned after being jailed for crimes as serious as blackmail and manslaughter.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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