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The potentially serious consequences for registrants of a failure to attend disciplinary proceedings was confirmed in the recent appeal of Sanusi v General Medical Council [2018] EWHC 1388 (Admin).
Learn moreThe Court of Session has ruled that a Minute of Amendment which would have introduced a new case into a medical negligence action when the triennium for the new allegations had already passed is not to be allowed.
Learn morePermanence orders were introduced by the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007. A permanence order provides a mechanism by which a Local Authority can apply to the Court to have the parental responsibilities and rights (PRRs) in respect of a child vested in the Local Authority.
Learn moreThe Court of Session has upheld the appeal of a nurse, LM, against a decision of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) to strike her off from the NMC register in her absence, saying that the powers of the committee had been ‘buried in the text’ of the notice of hearing letter.
Learn moreAlthough home is where the heart is, for many unmarried couples buying a house together, the conversation about where to buy, what they can afford and the colour to paint the living room wall is difficult enough.
Learn moreIn March 2015 the Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in the field of medical negligence relevant to the issue of consent. The legal consequence of this case is that the paradigm is said to have shifted to a more patient focussed approach to the question of whether consent has been obtained.
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