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An Overview of Enforcement Processes of the Financial Services Authority

Founding principles of the FSA -- Information gathering and investigation powers -- Decision making and the role of the Regulatory Decisions Committee -- Discipline of authorised firms and approved pe...

Bar Standards Board - the future of the Bar's complaints and disciplinary processes

Bar Standards Board - the future of the Bar's complaints and disciplinary processes -- The Bar Standards Board was established in January 2006 as a result of the Bar Council separating its regulatory ...

EC Law and the Medical Profession

Introduction -- European Community (“EC”) law touches on practically all areas of life. This is as true for the medical profession as it is for everywhere else. This article examines the right of ...

Faced with disciplinary proceedings?

A guide for non-lawyers -- It can happen to anyone. There are few of us who at some time or another in our career are not the subject of a complaint to our professional body or regulator (both called ...

Freedom of Information Act 2000

Introduction -- The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act) came into force on the 1st January 2005. The Act provides that anyone may request information from a public authority in England, Wales an...

Taxation Disciplinary Scheme

The Chartered Institute of Taxation and The Association of Taxation Technicians have established an independent Taxation Disciplinary Scheme, to handle complaints made in regard to the professional co...

The Police (Conduct) Regulations - a summary

The following is a bird’s eye view of the Police (Conduct) Regulations designed to assist someone to navigate their way around this complex document. It is necessarily simplified and anyone wishing ...

The power of the FSA to prosecute

ROLLINS, R. v. [2009] EWCA CRIM. 1941 -- CASE NOTE -- 1. The Court of Appeal has held that the FSA are able to bring private prosecutions under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA). -- 2. Two Defenda...

Voluntary regulation of complementary medicine

A new regulatory body called The Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council is due to launch in April 2008. -- For information contact Natasha Finlayson, Communications Director, The Prince’s Foun...