Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers: Winner – ARDL Mentor of the Year Award 2024 & 2022
16 January 2023 A former team doctor for British Cycling and lead team doctor for Team Sky appealed, pursuant to s40 Medical Act 1983, a decision of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal to erase him from the medical register: Freeman v…
12 January 2023 The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA) reports that for the fifth year in a row the General Dental Council (GDC) has not met its standard for timeliness[1] so it has taken action under…
4 January 2023 AH, who suffered from type 1 diabetes, was able, fit and healthy provided that her diabetes was properly managed or she could rapidly become seriously unwell and could die. In the past she had been unable to…
22 December 2022 Are there circumstances in which a potential special guardian should be refused permission to become a party to care proceedings? That was the question before the Court of Appeal after a Recorder had refused Mr B’s application,…
15 December 2022 In an appeal from findings of fact arising from allegations of domestic abuse, including transnational marriage abandonment (or stranding), it was argued that the appellate court should interfere with the findings of fact made by the trial…
16 December 2022 A District Judge acceded to a submission of no case to answer arising out of offences of aggravated trespass by protesters against the construction of the HS2 railway, and thereafter refused the DPP’s application to state a…
14 December 2022 In a powerful analysis by Lewison LJ, a unanimous Court of Appeal held that a party claiming a subsequent increase in her equitable share as a result of a post-acquisition changed common intention must show detrimental reliance…
14 December 2022 A High Court Judge heard an appeal with the assistance of an expert assessor on a point which may arise in many cases upon which there is no modern authority which clearly answers the question: Menzies v…
05 December 2022 Where in the Family Court a lay bench directed in a Dispute Resolution Appointment that the matter should proceed without either party being permitted to cross-examine the other, the mother indicated that she would want to appeal…
7 December 2022 The issue before the United Kingdom Supreme Court was the protection of the right of women to access services relating to the lawful termination of pregnancy. It addressed the problem where women wishing to access such services…