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New Disqualification Rules for Charity Trustees and Other Managers
From 1 August 2018, new rules will extend the criteria disqualifying certain individuals from acting as trustees or holding senior management positions in charities. The Charity Commission has recently published...
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What 3 things did we learn at London Blockchain Week 2018?
I am looking at three of the main talking points following London Blockchain Week 2018. 1) Initial Coin Offerings (ICO's) are being used as a new way to fundraise The vast...
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Dr Olumide Lookman Yusuff v General Medical Council [2018] EWHC 13 (Admin)
The High Court dismissed an appeal made by the appellant Doctor against a finding on a second review of a substantive order of current impairment and sanction of a 6-month...
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R (Clinton) v GMC [2017] EWHC 3304 (Admin)
The Claimant sought judicial review of a refusal by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (the tribunal), to stay fitness to practise proceedings after it was discovered that complainants giving evidence...
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General Medical Council v Christopher Lamming [2017] EWHC 3309 (Admin)
This was an appeal by the General Medical Council (GMC) against the decision of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal (MPT) to restore the Respondent to the Register of medical practitioners which...
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R (on the application of the British Medical Association) v General Medical Council [2017] EWCA Civ 2191
A renewed application for permission to appeal from a decision of Hickinbottom J in May 2016 was refused by the Court of Appeal in December 2017. The Applicant's predominant ground...
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Private Client Issues – February 2018
Welcome to this month's edition of Private Client Issues, Blake Morgan's monthly round-up of the topics you may find of interest. Where there is a Will, there is a way...
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Do I need (help with obtaining) probate? And what else should I consider?
When a friend or loved one dies, and after the funeral and grieving time, a general (but important) question may be: what (if anything) do I do next? Is probate...
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Lessons Learned from the Presidents Club: Guidance for trustees on returning funds
The recent events surrounding the Presidents Club Charity Dinner have brought to light a difficult situation that trustees of any charity may find themselves in (albeit on, hopefully, rare occasions)...
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How do we co-parent after separation?
Even when separating couples are on good terms, when it comes to how they continue to co-parent their children, they can still encounter difficulties. As part of Mediation week, we...
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Conscious uncoupling – can I divorce amicably through mediation?
When Gwyneth Paltrow announced that she and Chris Martin would be ‘consciously uncoupling’ on her website Goop, in March 2014, the news was met with widespread ridicule and contempt. This...
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Will going digital simplify probate applications?
Dealing with someone's estate can be complicated and often involves lots of paperwork. Will the Probate Registry's online service save applicants time and money? Read our article below and decide...
