Professional Malpractice in UK Law
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Trendtex Trading Corporation v Credit Suisse
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I venture to think that still remains a fundamental principle of our law. But it is today true to say that in English law an assignee who can show that he has a genuine commercial interest in the enforcement of the claim of another and to that extent takes an assignment of that claim to himself, is entitled to enforce that assignment unless by the terms of that assignment he falls foul of our law of champerty, which as has often been said, is a branch of our law of maintenance.
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Re Trepca Mines Ltd (No. 2)
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The reason why the common law condemns champerty is because of the abuses to which it may give rise. The common law fears that the champertous maintainer might be tempted, for his own personal gain, to inflame the damages, to suppress evidence, or even to suborn witnesses.
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Awwad v Geraghty & Company
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But it is a subject upon which there are sharply divergent opinions and where I should hesitate to suppose that my opinion, or that of any individual judge, could readily or convincingly be regarded as representing a consensus sufficient to sustain a public policy. But it is a subject upon which there are sharply divergent opinions and where I should hesitate to suppose that my opinion, or that of any individual judge, could readily or convincingly be regarded as representing a consensus sufficient to sustain a public policy.
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Trendtex Trading Corporation v Credit Suisse
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There is, I think, a clear requirement of public policy that officers of the court should be inhibited from putting themselves in a position where their own interests may conflict with their duties to the court by the agreement, for instance, of so-called "contingency fees"; and there may well be valid reasons why personal rights of action for tortious damage should not, in general, be the subject matter of assignment or partition.
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Thai Trading v Taylor
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Except as there provided, therefore, it is unprofessional conduct for a solicitor to enter into any agreement even for his normal fee where this is dependent on achieving a successful result in litigation. But the fact that a professional rule prohibits a particular practice does not of itself make the practice contrary to law: see Picton Jones & Co. v Arcadia Developments Ltd. [1989] 1 EGLR 42.
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Hill v Archbold
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Most of the actions in our Courts are supported by some association or other, or by the State itself. Very few litigants bring suits, or defend them, at their own expense. Most claims by workmen against their employers are paid for by a trade union. Most defences of motorists are paid for by insurance companies. This is perfectly justifiable and is accepted by everyone as lawful, provided always that the one who supports the litigation, if it fails, pays the costs of the other side.
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Camdex International Ltd v Bank of Zambia
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An assignment of a debt is not invalid even if the necessity for litigation to recover it is contemplated. Provided that there is a bona fide debt, it does not become unassignable merely because the debtor chooses to dispute it. Suing on an assigned debt is not contrary to public policy even if the assignor retains an interest.
- The European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2015
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Data Protection Act 2018
... ... carried out—(a) by or under the responsibility of a health professional or a social work professional, or(b) by another person who in the ... to protect members of the public against—(a) dishonesty, malpractice or other seriously improper conduct,(b) unfitness or incompetence,(c) ... ...
- The European Communities (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2007
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Private Lunatic Asylums (Ireland) Act 1842
... ... House who is wholly or partly the Proprietor or the regular professional Attendant of such licensed House, nor shall any Physician, Surgeon, or ... Oath hath Cause to suspect and doth verily believe that any Malpractice has taken place in any House licensed under this Act, which Malpractice ... ...
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Asset Protection Trusts and Gibraltar's Legislation
‘Asset Protection’ can be defined as the process of organising one's assets and affairs in advance, so as to best guard them in the future against future financial loss. ‘Asset Protection Trusts’ a...... ... United States in obtaining affordable pro-fessional liability/malpractice cover. Gibraltar has passed legislation by way of amendments to its ... and satisfaction of a judgment rendered against the professional in his home country. While the mere existence of an asset protection trust ... ...
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Who Supports Professional Certification? Insights from Employment Arbitration
Professional certification programmes became commonplace across the occupational structure in recent years, with many emerging and established professions opting to create their own certification p...... ... established professions opting to create their o wn certification programmes for r easons ranging from collective marketing to r educing malpractice litigation risk. Theories of social closure suggest that adv antaged and established individual practitioners might want to use certification as a ... ...
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Bo CARLSSON, ÅKE ISACSSON AND BARBRO SJÖBECK, Obstacles that Prevent Legal Programmes from Functioning as a Learning Process: The Example of Malpractice Claims in the Swedish Health-Care System
... ... is to shed light on different obstacles (that is the defects in the judicial process, the inertia of custom and the professional culture of organization) in the process of dealing with malpractice claims, and in the coupling of the decisions to the actual ... ...
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RAIMONDO CATANZARO, Violent Social Regulation: Organized Crime in the Italian South
... ... the patients’ position by setting communicationabout malpractice claims in motion. The question is whether procedural rationalityinstalls a ... in the judicial process, the inertia of custom and the professional cultureof organization) in the process of dealing with malpractice claims, ... ...
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UK Government's Response To The Department For Business, Innovation And Skills 'Whistleblowing Framework: Call For Evidence'
... ... or pressure to misreport; Financial irregularities; Professional malpractice; Mismanagement of public funds by public bodies or private ... ...
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UK Government’s Response to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills “Whistleblowing Framework: Call For Evidence”
Crucially businesses should be confident that reprisals against whistle-blowers are not an issue for them, and that their organisation understands and trusts any whistleblowing policy and procedure...... ... pressure to misreport; (iii)Financial irregularities; (iv)Professional malpractice; (v)Mismanagement of public funds by public bodies or private ... ...
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Examination Results In 2020 - What Next?
... ... u-turn, including their Summary guidance on appeals, malpractice ... and maladministration complaints for GCSE, AS and A level grades in ... information by revisiting or revising the professional judgments ... which underpin them, which is not permitted." ... How Else ... ...
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Insurance: Launch Of New Lloyd's Claims Scheme
... ... Programme (CTP) claims agreement practices into the Professional Indemnity, Financial Institutions and Medical Malpractice classes of ... ...