“Failings ‘at every level’ of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) mean it is letting down patients in its prime duty to protect them, says a report.”
BBC News, 3rd July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Nearly half of Britain’s care facilities are failing to provide adequate care for vulnerable adults, an official inquiry has concluded.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th June 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An employment judge has become the first to be publicly censured under new rules that will see all judges and magistrates who are disciplined for misconduct have their cases publicised by the Office for Judicial Complaints (OJC).”
The Lawyer, 11th June 2012
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“On the panel tonight – Kim Evans, commissioning editor of The Justice Gap and ex government lawyer Carl Gardner, author of the Head of Legal blog.
Tonight’s topics are varied and raise important issues for the law.
The Spectator contempt case, Hunt, Warsi, the ministerial code and the meaning of quasi-judicial, Richard Moorhead’s ‘Case for code’.”
Charon QC, 8th June 2012
Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com
“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.
“A Christian mental health worker who was sacked over her opposition to abortion is suing the NHS accusing it of having a ‘dangerously totalitarian’ approach to dissent on the issue.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th May 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Mistakes by GPs when fitting contraceptive coils have led to women unexpectedly becoming pregnant and suffering womb damage.”
The Guardian, 27th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Doctors who refuse to give contraceptives to unmarried women or carry out sex change operations face being struck off under new guidelines.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd May 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A hospital doctor who took handfuls of pain killers and injected himself with drugs before work each morning was rightly struck off for his ‘blatant disregard for patient safety’, the High Court has ruled.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th May 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“If lawyers are preparing David Cameron for his appearance before Lord Justice Leveson, they are on perilous ground.”
The Guardian, 8th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The decision to censure a Welsh councillor for comments on his blog was a disproportionate interference with his right to freedom of expression, the High Court has ruled. This right requires a broad interpretation of what counts as ‘political speech’ – even when the speech is sarcastic and mocking.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 7th May 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Former Scotland Yard Assistant Commissioner John Yates helped secure a job for News International executive Neil Wallis’s daughter telling his staff he had been a ‘great friend’ of the force, a report has revealed.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th April 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The legal profession’s culture of ‘casual sexism’ and high levels of drinking has led women and ethnic minority solicitors to adopt special strategies to overcome institutional discrimination in law firms, researchers funded by the Legal Services Board claim today.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 11th April 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Gordon Exall looks at the lessons that practitioners undertaking fatal accident cases can learn from the recent professional negligence case of Amin –v- Imran Khan.”
Full story (PDF)
Zenith Chambers, 3rd April 2012
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
“The Court of Appeal has ruled that a legal disciplinary body should have struck off a solicitor that had been found to have acted dishonestly.”
Legal Week, 5th April 2012
Source: www.legalweek.com
“A drink driving case was abandoned after a magistrate appeared to fall asleep while the defence solicitor was speaking.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th April 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“UCL Centre for Ethics and Law hopes to create a culture where lawyers do more than complying with the minimum they can get away with.”
The Guardian, 5th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A former deputy head has been banned from state schools after stealing £13,000 from an after-school club.”
BBC News, 29th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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