31st May 2023Newsletters
When, as law students we are taught about abuse of process we feel it unlikely we will either deploy it or succeed in deploying it. That reticence is understandable given that for the last 20 years or so the courts have seemingly narrowed the areas where it can or should succeed and reiterated it is […]
31st May 2023Newsletters
In Robert Lambert-Simpson v Health and Care Professions Council [2023] EWHC 481 (Admin), a registered psychologist posted a series of offensive comments on his social media account. The comments ranged in tone and content; three of them were alleged by the HCPC to be ‘racially motivated’. Of those three, one was found by the Panel […]
31st May 2023Newsletters
Anyone who followed social media after the Covid 19 virus took over our lives in early 2020 will be depressingly familiar with the range of conspiracy theories that flourished in cyber-space. Users assertions included that the 19 virus did not exist, the ‘pandemic’ was a conspiracy brought about by the UK, Israel and America or […]
31st May 2023Newsletters
Many regulated professionals facing allegations in the course of their professional lives admit that things may have gone wrong. Professor Lingam qualified with a diploma of Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians from the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1974. He worked for over 30 years in the NHS, retiring in 2004. […]
31st May 2023Newsletters
Jodey Whiting died in February 2017 as a result of an overdose. She had a complex history of physical and mental health problems. Her death came two weeks after her benefits were stopped by The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) because she did not attend a Work Capability Assessment. Following an inquest in May […]