Disciplinary and Regulatory Proceedings

Written by leading practitioners in the field with considerable experience of tribunals both as chairmen and lawyers, this work provides an authoritative examination of the general principles that apply to all regulatory and disciplinary tribunals. What's New? This edition looks at the new regulatory proposals for financial services, developments in healthcare and the comprehensive reforms in the regulation of legal services by the Legal Services Act 2007 and their likely impact on recent developments in disciplinary proceedings. Among the more significant decisions noted herein are the following: *Remedy UK Ltd, R (on the application of) v General Medical Council on fitness to practice *Mallon v General Medical Council on the meaning of the terms 'misconduct' and 'serious professional misconduct'; *Kulkarni v Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the right of medical practitioners to be legally represented *Akzo Nobel Chemicals & Akcros Chemicals v Commission & Ors (Competition) concerning the position of employed lawyers generally *R v Rollins in which the court allowed the FSA to prosecute offences beyond that which was allowed by Parliament