The High Court quashed a police misconduct panel's decision to impose a final warning on an officer who has engaged in gross misconduct through racist comments and stereotyping following a judicial review. We summarise the decision and what to take away.

The Bar Standards have called for evidence and input in relation to its review of the BSB Handbook, which will be part of the BSB's Strategic Plan for 2019-2022.

For a successful return to work during COVID-19, employers have a duty to carry out a risk assessment, implement safe systems of work and to keep these under review. Our risk assessment flowchart sets out the key issues for employers to consider.

Read the January 2020 edition of our newsletter, which reviews recent cases and examines key decisions from the last few months relevant to professional regulators.

Read the September 2019 edition of our newsletter, which reviews recent cases and examines key decisions from the last few months relevant to professional regulators.

The Hamilton review, commissioned by the General Medical Council, following a media storm when the GMC appealed the MPTS decision

Read the latest edition of our Regulatory Newsletter, which reviews recent cases and examines key decisions from the last few months.

The death of Jack Adcock at Leicester Royal Infirmary was a tragedy for all concerned; the devastating loss of a son for the Adcock family and a gruelling eight-year ordeal for Paediatric Registrar, Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba.

Read the latest edition of our Regulatory Newsletter, which reviews recent cases and examines key decisions from the last few months.

It is welcome news that the GMC has announced it will provide Human Factors training to all staff involved in fitness-to-practise decisions and investigations.

Please see our Summer 2018 newsletter

There are some cases where the facts are such that erasure of a doctor is the only proper and reasonable sanction. Dr Bawa-Garba’s case was not one of them.