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Sokunbi v Health Professions Council 2013 EWHC 672

  • Kingsley Napley
  • -
  • United Kingdom
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  • April 4 2013

The High Court upholds findings of Conduct and Competence Committee Panel of the HCP (now HCPC), holding that even where decisions are made almost

Limitation

  • 1 Chancery Lane
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • December 11 2012

The combined effect of the decisions of the House of Lords in Lister v Hesley Hall Ltd and A v Hoare 2008 UKHL 6 has been to open the court doors to vast numbers of historic childhood abuse compensations claims

Builder sentenced to prison over death of toddler

  • CMS Cameron McKenna
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • November 14 2012

A builder in Wales has been sentenced to two years in prison after being found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter in relation to the death of a three year old girl

Liability round up

  • Thirty Nine Essex Street
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  • United Kingdom
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  • November 14 2012

Vicarious liability revisited JGE v Trustees of Portsmouth Roman Catholic Diocesan Trust is an important case in which the Court of Appeal, by a majority of 2 to 1, upheld the decision of the judge at first instance15 on a preliminary issue in finding that the Appellant could be vicariously liable for the alleged torts of one of its parish priests

Employment tribunal procedure: identifying and calling witnesses

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • November 5 2012

North Bristol NHS Trust v Harrold concerned a nurse who brought unsuccessful employment claims against North Bristol NHS Trust (the Trust) in 2004 and 2006

Court of Appeal warning on handling misconduct cases

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 27 2012

In Crawford v Suffolk Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, the Court of Appeal made comments about the appropriateness of involving the police and suspending employees in misconduct cases

Healthcare HR e-briefing: More cases on disciplinary action against practitioners

  • Eversheds LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
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  • November 24 2011

In two separate cases recently the High Court found that certain provisions of employers’ disciplinary policies which mirrored the procedures found in Maintaining High Professional Standards in the Modern NHS (‘MHPS’) were incorporated in the contracts of employment of clinical staff and had been breached

VWF professional negligence litigation

  • Kennedys
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • September 30 2011

Around 50,000 coalminers have potential claims for undercompensation following settlement of claims brought under a coal health compensation scheme

Fairness in disciplinary proceedings 2 recent cases on Article 6 ECHR

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 26 2011

In this e-bulletin we report on two recent decisions which shed light on the application of the Article 6 right to a fair hearing in regulatory proceedings

Disciplinaries and right to a fair hearing

  • Jones Day
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 31 2011

The European Convention on Human Rights provisions on legal representation at internal hearings will only be engaged where the outcome of the proceedings will have a substantial effect on an employee's right to practise their profession