Professional Ethics and Regulation in UK Law
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Leading Cases
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Bristol and West Building Society v Mothew
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Airedale NHS Trust v Bland
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It is nevertheless the function of the judges to state the legal principles upon which the lawfulness of the actions of doctors depend; but in the end the decisions to be made in individual cases must rest with the doctors themselves. Mutual understanding between the doctors and the judges is the best way to ensure the evolution of a sensitive and sensible legal framework for the treatment and care of patients, with a sound ethical base, in the interest of the patients themselves.
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Barratt v Ansell (t/a as Woolf Seddon); Arthur JS Hall & Company v Simons
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Mitchell v News Group Newspapers Ltd
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Balabel v Air India
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Lewis v Motorworld Garages Ltd
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Bolton v The Law Society
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Legislation
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The Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004
... ... 3 (authorisation for clinical trials and ethics committee opinion) and shall make the request for ... conduct the trial in accordance with regulation 17 ... (5) The request for authorisation ... (a) an investigator,(b) a health care professional who is a member of an investigator’s team,(c) a ... ...
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The Police (Conduct) Regulations 2020
... ... officer concerned is referred under regulation 49 after the case has been certified as one where ... Professional Behaviour that is so serious as to justify ... ”, they must have regard to the Code of Ethics, published by the College of Policing, as amended ... ...
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The Pharmacy Order 2010
... ... whether a specified state professional has the knowledge, skills and experience that the ... device” has the meaning given in regulation 2(2) of the Medical Devices Regulations 2002(10) ... reference to any code of conduct for, and ethics relating to, pharmacy) ;(I203e) to set standards ... ...
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Medical Act 1983
... ... (c) to promote and maintain proper professional standards and conduct for members of that ... day,(a) whose case falls within regulation F7313(8) (a) of the General Systems ... Part V: Fitness to Practise and Medical Ethics ... 35: General Council’s power to advise on ... ...
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Books & Journal Articles
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Professional value and ethical self-regulation in the development of modern librarianship. The documentality of library ethics
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to make a contribution to the theoretical understanding of documents and documentary agency in society through examples from a defined institut...
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Book Reviews
Books reviewed: K. D. Ewing and C. A. Gearty, The Struggle for Civil Liberties: Political Freedom and the Rule of Law in Britain Doreen McBarnet and Christopher Whelan, Creative Accounting and the ...... ... and Labour: the Munitions Acts, State regulation and the Unions, 1915–1921 (1987); G.R. Rubin, ... of Business Regulation’ in Professional Competition and Professional Power. Lawyers, ... aspirations in Suicide and Professional Ethics and Civic Morals for a political order that would ... ...
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An inch of progress: new ethics opinion gets real about assistance to fraud and crime
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyze the current law on the professional responsibility of American attorneys to combat financial crimes and developments in light of recent scandals and...... ... purpose of this paper is to analyze the current law on the professional responsibility ofAmerican attorneys to combat financialcrimes and ... that acknowledges thedeficiencies that still exist in the regulation of attorney ethics to combat financial crimes by clients ... ...
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An inch of progress: new ethics opinion gets real about assistance to fraud and crime
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyze the current law on the professional responsibility of American attorneys to combat financial crimes and developments in light of recent scandals and...... ... purpose of this paper is to analyze the current law on the professional responsibility ofAmerican attorneys to combat financialcrimes and ... that acknowledges thedeficiencies that still exist in the regulation of attorney ethics to combat financial crimes by clients ... ...
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Law Firm Commentaries
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Law Society offers professional helpline
The UK Law Society is now offering solicitors professional help by email and fax. From the Law Society announcement: The Law Society helplines provide advice, support and access to pastoral care fo...... ... Other helplines Ethics helpline 0870 606 2577 The Solicitors Regulation Authority provides the ... ...
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Changing Codes of Conduct
In the first few days of October, the Market Research Society (MRS) and the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) both decided to change their codes of ethics, but for two v...... ... ) both decided to change their codes of ethics, but for two very different reasons ... The ... European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and MRS states on their website[1] ... from their Code of Ethics and Professional Practice,[5] including passages such as: ... ... ...
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Non-Disclosure Agreements: Ethics And Enforceability
... ... disclosures of certain information, including in relation to professional misconduct - such as sexual harassment towards employees or clients - or ... should be held to account, and asks that the Solicitors Regulation Authority and the Bar Standards Board - the bodies regulating the legal ... ...
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Insurers Must Navigate The Moral Maze Of AI
...The industry must develop a code of ethics around the insurance of artificial intelligence ... under the EU's General Data Protection Regulation - specifically rights regarding automated ... Lawyers and professional bodies like the General Medical Council also have ... ...
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