This site is based on Disciplinary and Regulatory
Proceedings, 4th Edition.
Index for "Chapter 2"Curing defects on appeal‘…(W)here an apparently sensible appeal structure has been put in place, the court is entitled to approach the matter on the basis that the parties should have been taken have agreed to accept wha...Judicial review of contractual relationshipsThe existence of a contractual relationship is not inconsistent with judicial review. Per Stanley Burnton J in Mullins, R (on the application of) v The Jockey Club [2005] EWHC 2197 (Admin). Local auth...Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher EducationUnder the Higher Education Act 2004 the Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education (OIA) has been designated the body responsible for dealing with student complaints. The purpose of th...Psychiatric hospitals as public authoritiesPsychiatric hospitals when exercising their powers of compulsory detention under the Mental Health Act 1983 are public authorities under the Human Rights Act: R (A) v Partnerships in Care Ltd [2002] E...'Public authority': generous interpretationSection 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998 is intended to give effective domestic protection to convention rights as defined in and scheduled to the 1998 Act. It is accordingly appropriate to give a gener...Sporting bodies"I think that the courts must be slow to allow an implied obligation to be fair to be used as a means of bringing before the court for review honest decisions of bodies exercising jurisdiction over...The overriding objective of a fair trialIt is suggested that the following dictum of Treacy J in Robinson v Abergavenny Magistrates' Court [2007] EWHC 2005 (Admin) should be regarded as of equal application to disciplinary proceedings, exce... |
|
