Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers: Winner – ARDL Mentor of the Year Award 2024 & 2022
Heartfelt tributes were paid recently at the Sheffield Crown Court to Andrew Mollison, perennial embodiment of the Christmas message: Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Men. It was perhaps a unique occasion when judges and counsel, led by Judge Jeremy Richardson…
Where a reasonable person sharing the defendant’s knowledge of the circumstances would have realised that an unlawful act might cause a risk of some physical harm to any person on the road at that time, that is to say, the…
When a young, brave police officer going the extra mile to protect the public, loses his life pursuing criminals understandably the public is angry and outraged. The Court of Appeal observed yesterday that no-one doubted the seriousness of the offending…
The wider consequences of the actions of a surgeon that resulted in the General Medical Council (GMC) striking him off and his subsequent imprisonment, continue to occupy the business of the courts. Mr Ian Paterson, a Consultant Breast Surgeon, was…
The Supreme Court delivered its judgment today upon the correct legal requirements for certification of a claim for collective proceedings in competition damages claims. It was the first collective proceedings case of this kind to reach the Supreme Court. Upholding…
Just as the vexed question of sexual intent has troubled medical health tribunals, so too it troubles the criminal courts. Today the Court of Appeal ruled on the mental element of the offence of sexual assault on a reference by…
At the heart of this case is a child with special educational needs (SEN). Every month in that child’s life matters, yet his mother had to persist for months to get her local authority to do its duty by him.…
An issue that had been debated in academic writings but never considered by a court before the current action, was today unanimously decided in the Court of Appeal. Allowing the appeal, the Court held that a judgment on a judgment…
The Divisional Court judgment in Beckwith v Solicitors Regulation Authority [2020] EWHC 3231 (Admin)[i] discussed, among other things, the limits to the scope of professional regulation by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). [See also blogpost dated 28 November 2020: Solicitors Disciplinary…
A High Court Judge overturned a Recorder’s judgment for damages when a passer-by suffered an eye injury from a cricket ball: Phoebe Lewis v Wandsworth London Borough Council [2020] EWHC 3205 (QB) Stewart J. Ms Lewis was walking through Battersea…