Regulatory
Law

Index for "5th Edition, Chapter 6"

Medical confidentiality and the public interest

‘Medical confidentiality is not an absolute right, but necessarily involves a balancing of competing public interests. The public interest in patient safety and welfare is an extremely important con...

Meritless complaints

Some regulatory bodies, such as the Scottish Law Society, are subject to a duty upon receiving a complaint against a solicitor is to to ‘determine whether or not the complaint is frivolous, vexatiou...