Index for "Current topics"
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 -- The Bar
Standards Board was established in January 2006 as
a result of the Bar Council separating its
regulatory ...
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
...
THE EQUALITY ACT 2010 -- A NOTE FOR
PROFESSIONAL REGULATION -- 1. Pre-existing
legislation governing racial and disability
discrimination has now been consolidated in the
Equality Act of 2010. Further...
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 ...
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...
THE LIMITS OF SUBSTANTIVE LEGITIMATE
EXPECTATION IN DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS -- R (ON
THE APPLICATION OF PATRICK WOOD) –v- THE SECRETARY
OF STATE FOR EDUCATION (SINGH J) -- Introduction --
1. In thi...
Outcomes Focused Regulation (“OFR”) and the
SRA Code of Conduct 2011 -- On 6 October 2011 the
Solicitors Regulation Authority (“SRA”) launched
the new SRA Handbook. The Handbook is now the
com...
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...
Many disciplinary and regulatory tribunals in
this country comprise or include lay members and it
is normal practice for such tribunals to have the
assistance of a legal assessor. The legal assessor
i...
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 ...
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...
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...
