26th May 2021Newsletters
What – if anything – is the difference between an appeal brought by the GMC under s. 40A of the Medical Act 1983, and those brought by doctors under s. 40)? Of course, the simple answer is that appeals under s. 40A are by way of review, and appeals under s. 40 by way of […]
6th Apr 2020Newsletters
The Regulatory Commission of the FA has published its reasons in the case of FA and Dr Andrew Johnson. The case is significant for two reasons: it shows the operation of Regulation 7 of the FA Anti-Doping Regulations in practice, and it sheds light on the Regulatory Commission’s approach to applications to reduce mandatory suspensions […]
24th Oct 2018Articles
In SFC v. Yiu Hoi Ying Charles, Wong Nam Marian and the Market Misconduct Tribunal [2018] HKCFA 44, the Final Court of Appeal has issued a broadside against the wide application of the ‘no-profit’ defence in insider trading cases. The defence has now been explicitly narrowed: an offence will be committed where shares are traded […]
16th Apr 2018Newsletters
On 24 March 2018, the Australian cricketer Cameron Bancroft was caught on camera doctoring a cricket ball with sandpaper to obtain an unfair competitive advantage during his side’s third test match against South Africa. It quickly emerged that the Australian captain, Steve Smith, knew about the ball-tampering and had condoned it. Moreover, the Australian vice-captain, […]
7th Dec 2017Newsletters
On 17 October this year the Sentencing Council published both a consultation and new draft guidelines for the sentencing of terrorism offences. The draft comes just over 18 months after the Lord Chief Justice provided detailed guidance for offences under s. 5 of the Terrorism Act 2006 (preparation for terrorist acts) in R v Kahar […]