Tom represented a Director of a national Corporate Approved Inspector in relation to charges brought by the West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service (WYFRS) against the Corporate entity under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. Tom’s client was prosecuted on the basis that the offence was committed with the consent, connivance or attributable to […]
Sexual misconduct: it’s worse if you’re a nurse In 2009 the Professional Standards Authority published guidance for patients and professionals with the aim of helping them to avoid becoming a victim or perpetrator of sexual misconduct. Regrettably instances of sexual misconduct have continued and the PSA therefore, commissioned Professor Rosalind Searle, a chartered psychologist at […]
On 1st October 2019 the new ‘Notification of Deaths Regulations 2019’ came into force. Long anticipated, these guidelines set out a roadmap for when the medical profession will be under a duty to notify a senior coroner of a death. A new set of written obligations with the force of law behind them may initially […]
Alison Levitt QC is announced as Visiting Professor to Goldsmiths, University of London’s Law Faculty. Alison’s expertise will be leading Goldsmiths in the criminal justice and legal profession that feeds into the University’s public engagement work on criminal justice and the LLB Law with Criminal Justice and Human Rights programme, further strengthening Goldsmiths’ distinctive provision […]
Merry van Woodenberg acted for the first defendant in an ICO prosecution for the unlawful obtaining and disclosure of data, contrary to the Data Protection Act. Merry was instructed in January 2018 to represent an employee of a claims management company, who was alleged to have passed on unlawfully obtained data contained in a ‘lifestyle […]