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An indispensable source of reference for practitioners and tribunal members,
Hamer's Professional Conduct Casebook is the only book to provide comprehensive coverage of case law in the field of professional regulation and discipline.
List of contents
- 1: Absence of Practitioner
- 2: Abuse of Process
- 3: Adjournment
- 4: Amendment
- 5: Appeals
- 6: Appeals by the Regulator
- 7: Bad Character
- 8: Bias
- 9: Burden of Proof
- 10: Case Management
- 11: Civil Restraint Orders
- 12: Concurrent Proceedings
- 13: Conditions of Practice Orders
- 14: Consensual Disposal
- 15: Constitution of Panel
- 16: Contractual and Statutory Regulation
- 17: Conviction and Caution Cases (General Principles)
- 18: Conviction and Caution Cases (Sanction)
- 19: Costs
- 20: Deficient Professional Performance
- 21: Delay
- 22: Disclosure, Confidentiality, Data Protection, and Freedom of Information
- 23: Dishonesty (General Principles)
- 24: Dishonesty (Sanction)
- 25: Double Jeopardy
- 26: Drafting of Charges
- 27: Erasure
- 28: Estoppel
- 29: Evidence
- 30: Experts
- 31: Findings of Fact
- 32: Fines
- 33: Galbraith Summons
- 34: Good Character
- 35: Health (Adverse Physical or Mental Health)
- 36: Human Rights
- 37: Impairment of Fitness to Practise
- 38: In Camera Discussions
- 39: Independent and Impartial Tribunal
- 40: Indicative Sanctions Guidance
- 41: Insight and Remediation
- 42: Integrity (Lack of)
- 43: Interim Orders (General Principles)
- 44: Interim Orders (Extension of)
- 45: Investigation of Allegations
- 46: Joinder
- 47: Judicial Conduct
- 48: Judicial Immunity
- 49: Judicial Review
- 50: Jurisdiction
- 51: Language (Knowledge of English)
- 52: Legal Advice
- 53: Legal or Other Representation
- 54: Legitimate Expectation
- 55: Lies
- 56: Medical Advisers
- 57: Misconduct (General Principles)
- 58: Misconduct (Specific Misconduct)
- 59: Natural Justice
- 60: Negligence
- 61: No Case to Answer
- 62: Non-Compliance
- 63: Notification Requirements
- 64: Oral Hearing
- 65: Privilege
- 66: Proportionality
- 67: Public or Private Hearing
- 68: Publication and Anonymity
- 69: Reasons
- 70: Recklessness
- 71: Registration
- 72: Re-opening and Review of Decisions
- 73: Reprimand
- 74: Restoration to the Register
- 75: Review Hearings
- 76: Sanction (General Principles)
- 77: Sanction (Specific Cases)
- 78: Service
- 79: Standard of Proof
- 80: Stay Proceedings
- 81: Striking Off
- 82: Suspension
- 83: Undertakings
- 84: Unrepresented Practitioner
- 85: Voluntary Erasure
- 86: Waiver
- 87: Warnings
- 88: Whistleblowing
- 89: Witnesses
- 90: Words and Phrases
- 91: Supplementary Cases (2023)
- Index
About the author
Kenneth Hamer is an experienced barrister and former Recorder of the Crown Court. He sits as a legally qualified chair at the General Medical Council (Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service) and is a legal adviser/legal assessor to the General Dental Council and the Nursing and Midwifery Council. He regularly represents regulators and practitioners in a wide range of professional conduct cases, as well as advising and lecturing on fitness to practise processes. He is a council member of the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting and the joint editor of the Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers' Quarterly Bulletin.
Summary
An indispensable source of reference for practitioners and tribunal members, Hamer's Professional Conduct Casebook is the only book to provide comprehensive coverage of case law in the field of professional regulation and discipline. The fourth edition of this long—standing casebook contains ninety chapters in an easy to follow A—Z format, as well as a supplement chapter covering additional cases right up until a month before publication.
The book analyses the key cases in a single portable volume, distilling the general principles from the legislative framework and offering lucid, informed summaries that are of great support for practitioners. Key words are included in the margin beside cases to enable the reader to see at a glance the critical features of the case in question. The book covers issues arising during the course of professional conduct proceedings, from absence of the practitioner to evidence, findings of fact, misconduct, impairment and sanction. The book identifies the applicable statutory and non-statutory provisions and guidance on each topic and summarises the leading cases and relevant case law.
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If I were on a desert island and were permitted only one book on professional conduct, this would be it...A lawyer who wishes to practise in the area of professional conduct should not only buy this book; they should read and understand its contents.