“The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) board has approved the watchdog’s application to become a licensing authority for alternative business structures (ABSs) today (15 March).”
Legal Week, 15th March 2011
Source: www.legalweek.com
“A dentist who faced charges of breaking wind and belching in front of patients and staff has been struck off.”
BBC News, 4th March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A much-praised teacher who persuaded difficult pupils to read by making them characters in their own, grittily realistic novel is about to find out whether an employment tribunal will allow her to relaunch her career.”
The Guardian, 22nd February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Suffolk solicitor was suspended from practice last week after taking 19 years to settle a spinster’s estate.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 17th February 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“With non-lawyers set to own law firms and alternative business structures on the way, sceptics fear ethics could be sacrificed.”
The Guardian, 9th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Judges cannot be sacked, so they can go on getting things wrong unless public pressure persuades them to quit.”
The Guardian, 3rd February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A married GP from Suffolk who had affairs with two female patients has been found guilty of misconduct.”
BBC News, 2nd February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The former Harlequins physiotherapist Steph Brennan has won a high court battle over the Health Professions Council’s decision to strike him off for his part in the Bloodgate affair.”
The Guardian, 21st January 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A teacher was sacked after bringing a sledge into school and allowing two pupils to ride on it, a disciplinary hearing has heard.”
BBC News, 11th January 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Cheltenham law firm of Gloucestershire coroner Alan Crickmore has been closed following concerns over the way it was being run.”
BBC News, 9th December 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A physiotherapist whose work was described as ‘chaotic’ has been suspended for 12 months.”
BBC News, 25th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A heart specialist who carried out ‘inadequate, careless and unethical’ medical trials is not unfit to practise, a misconduct panel has found.”
BBC News, 25th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A police chief and his deputy are to face serious misconduct charges following an independent report into alleged nepotism during a botched recruitment exercise.”
The Guardian, 25th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Dr Freddy Patel, the Home Office pathologist suspended for misconduct over a series of autopsies, will face fresh allegations at the General Medical Council (GMC) next month.”
The Guardian, 16th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A call handler was sacked after an investigation into why police took so long to respond to the 999 calls of a woman who was murdered by an ex-boyfriend.”
The Independent, 22nd October 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Judge George Bathurst-Norman was disciplined following an investigation in to comments made at the end of a trial of seven activists who sabotaged equipment at a Brighton factory they claimed was making parts for Israeli warplanes.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th October 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A magistrate has been removed from office after he fell asleep on the bench, causing an assault trial to collapse, the Office for Judicial Complaints said yesterday.”
The Independent, 28th September 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A police officer who was jailed for six months after he was caught on CCTV throwing a woman into a cell has been granted bail pending an appeal.”
BBC News, 13th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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