Welcome to the Winter edition of the Sports Law Group Newsletter. Christopher Coltart QC Editor A note from the editor Happy New Year and welcome to 2020! 2 Hare Court has a burgeoning sports law practice, with members instructed in disciplinary cases involving football, rugby, athletics, horseracing and other sports. This has led to […]
Chris Gillespie examines the recent welcome decision of the Court of Appeal in R v NPS London Ltd [2019] EWCA Crim 228 The Court of Appeal has restated the important principle that the mere fact that a corporate defendant is a wholly owned subsidiary of a larger corporation or that a parent company or other […]
The GMC brought misconduct proceedings against a GP in private practice who had begun a sexual relationship with a former patient with whom she had a child and to whom she was now engaged. Chris Gillespie successfully argued before the MPTS that the doctor/patient relationship had been sufficiently brief and that the gap between the […]
Welcome to the Spring Edition of the 2 Hare Court Criminal Regulatory Newsletter. In this edition, Ben Rich considers the impact of death on fines for Health and Safety offences following the Court of Appeal decision in Whirlpool UK Appliances Ltd v R (Upon the prosecution of Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Health and Safety) [2017] […]
Peter Gray QC and Chris Gillespie will provide a case analysis of HM Inspector of Health & Safety v Chevron North Sea Ltd. and will discuss the implications this Judgement will have for Enforcement Notices in the future. Wednesday 28th February 2018 Slator & Gordon Lawyers: Manchester 58 West Mosley Street, Manchester, M2 3HZ 5pm […]