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New requirements for first tier complaints handling – Bar Standards Board

Posted October 28th, 2011 in barristers, complaints, press releases, professional conduct by tracey

“Following extensive consultation with the Bar, practice managers and senior clerks, we are now in a position to release the final requirements for Chambers in relation to first tier complaints handling. These arrangements have been approved by the Legal Services Board. The requirements place an obligation on Chambers and barristers to ensure that the lay client is aware of their right to complain to Chambers and to the Legal Ombudsman.”

Bar Standards Board, 25th October 2011

Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk

Professional Conduct Department: Diversity Report 2009/10 – Bar Standards Board

Posted September 30th, 2011 in barristers, complaints, diversity, news, professional conduct by tracey

“We have analysed the gender, ethnicity and disability profiles of barristers who were the subject of complaints in 2009 and 2010; and, in relation to external complaints, the complainants who submitted the complaints. We monitor diversity in our complaints handling and disciplinary system to ensure that we conduct our regulatory activities fairly and in accordance with our duty to promote equality and eliminate discrimination.”

Bar Standards Board, 30th September 2011

Source: www.barstandsboard.org.uk

Phone-hacking inquiry judge is right to investigate behaviour of the media’s ‘good guys’ – The Guardian

Posted September 21st, 2011 in freedom of expression, human rights, interception, judges, media, news, privacy, professional conduct, public interest by michael

“What is Lord Justice Leveson up to? The judge heading the phone-hacking inquiry is currently planning a series of public seminars on the relationship between the press and the public. Is he right to seek evidence about internal rules in such august institutions as the Guardian and the BBC? Or should he confine himself, as some critics are saying, to investigating the misbehaviour of the tabloid press and the police?”

The Guardian, 21st September 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Teacher banned for letting pupils hug him – Daily Telegraph

Posted September 19th, 2011 in disciplinary procedures, news, professional conduct, teachers by tracey

“A primary schoolteacher has been banned from working for allowing children to hug him.”

Daily Telegraph, 18th September 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Misconduct not proven for Fiona Pilkington officers – BBC News

Posted September 16th, 2011 in complaints, harassment, news, police, professional conduct by tracey

“Four Leicestershire police officers have been cleared of misconduct after a woman killed herself and her daughter blaming repeated harassment.”

BBC News, 16th September 2011

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Teacher banned from classroom after ‘biting a police officer’ conviction emerges – Daily Telegraph

Posted September 9th, 2011 in criminal records, disciplinary procedures, news, professional conduct, teachers by tracey

“A teacher has been banned from the classroom after hiding a string of convictions – including biting a police officer.”

Daily Telegraph, 8th September 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Review into West Yorkshire Police murder case corruption – BBC News

Posted September 8th, 2011 in complaints, corruption, inquiries, news, perverting the course of justice, police, professional conduct by sally

“An urgent review has been ordered into the conduct of police in West Yorkshire who took a murder trial witness to a brothel and allowed him to take drugs.”

BBC News, 8th September 2011

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Forced repatriation staff ‘racist and unprofessional’ – The Guardian

Posted September 6th, 2011 in death in custody, deportation, immigration, news, professional conduct, racism, reports, restraint by sally

“Private security officers employed to remove detainees from the UK showed ‘a shamefully unprofessional and derogatory attitude’, using unnecessary force and racist language, according to the chief inspector of prisons.”

The Guardian, 6th September 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Teacher defends double life as porn film star – Daily Telegraph

Posted September 2nd, 2011 in disciplinary procedures, news, professional conduct, teachers by tracey

“A male teacher who moonlighted as a stripper and appeared in pornographic films is free to continue teaching despite being found guilty of unacceptable professional conduct.”

Daily Telegraph, 1st September 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Man had part of brain removed in error – The Guardian

Posted August 24th, 2011 in doctors, medical treatment, negligence, news, personal injuries, professional conduct by sally

“A former paramedic is seeking compensation and an investigation by the General Medical Council (GMC) after part of his brain was removed in error by an NHS surgeon.”

The Guardian, 23rd August 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Ex-Met chiefs cleared of misconduct – The Independent

Posted August 18th, 2011 in news, police, professional conduct by sally

“The Scotland Yard chiefs who quit over the phone-hacking scandal have been cleared of misconduct.”

The Independent, 17th August 2011

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Scientists credited on ghostwritten articles ‘should be charged with fraud’ – The Guardian

Posted August 3rd, 2011 in doctors, fraud, medical ethics, medical treatment, news, professional conduct by sally

“Doctors and scientists who put their names to medical articles they have not written should be charged with professional misconduct and fraud, according to legal experts.”

The Guardian, 2nd August 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

IPCC say police acted properly over Neath man’s death – BBC News

Posted August 3rd, 2011 in accidents, alcohol abuse, news, police, professional conduct by sally

“The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has said two officers acted properly when they dealt with a Neath Valley man who later died.”

BBC News, 2nd August 2011

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Solicitors fined £20,000 for sending intimidating letters – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted August 2nd, 2011 in costs, disciplinary procedures, fines, news, professional conduct, solicitors by sally

“Two London solicitors have been fined and suspended for three months by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal for sending intimidating letters accusing people of illegal filesharing.”

Law Society’s Gazette, 2nd August 2011

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

SRA probes solicitors’ handling of Hackgate – The Lawyer

Posted July 22nd, 2011 in interception, news, professional conduct, solicitors, Solicitors Regulation Authority, telecommunications by sally

“The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has launched a formal investigation into the role played by solicitors in the News International phone-hacking scandal.”

The Lawyer, 22nd July 2011

Source: www.thelawyer.com

File-sharing cases settled – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted July 18th, 2011 in copyright, disciplinary procedures, internet, news, professional conduct, solicitors by sally

“The long running file-sharing cases brought by London firm ACS:Law have come to an end, as the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has published the charges faced by the solicitor at the heart of the controversial claims.”

Law Society’s Gazette, 15th July 2011

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Phone hacking: David Cameron announces terms of phone-hacking inquiry – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 13th, 2011 in inquiries, interception, media, news, police, privacy, professional conduct by tracey

“The independent inquiry into phone hacking will have the power to summon newspaper proprietors, journalists, police and politicians to give evidence under oath and in public, Prime Minister David Cameron said today.”

Daily Telegraph, 13th July 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

GP Antony Collis guilty of abusing girls in East Sussex – BBC News

Posted June 8th, 2011 in abuse of position of trust, child abuse, doctors, indecent photographs of children, news, professional conduct, trials by tracey

“A former family doctor has been found guilty of indecently assaulting young girls at his surgery.”

BBC News, 7th June 2011

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Four police officers to face misconduct hearings over Fiona Pilkington death – Daily Telegraph

Posted May 24th, 2011 in complaints, harassment, news, police, professional conduct, reports by sally

“Four police officers will face misconduct proceedings over failures to stop a gang terrorising a woman who killed herself and her disabled daughter, a watchdog said today.”

Daily Telegraph, 24th May 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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