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Administrative law

Andrew Jonathan Davies v The Nursing and Midwifery Council

The High Court allowed a nurse’s appeal against NMC findings, holding the panel’s reasoning and evidential approach were unfair and procedurally irregular.

  • Fitness to practise
  • Procedural fairness
  • Burden and standard of proof
  • Assessment of evidence
  • Disciplinary proceedings
  • Fitness-to-practise
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Professional discipline

John Stenhouse v The Bar Standards Board

The High Court dismissed barrister John Stenhouse’s appeal against BSB disciplinary findings for sending emails alleging secret collusion and a cover-up.

  • Professional misconduct
  • Disciplinary proceedings
  • Freedom of expression
  • Procedural fairness
  • Recusal and bias
  • Sanctions
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Professional regulation

Dentons UK and Middle East LLP v Solicitors Regulation Authority Ltd

The Court of Appeal held that a breach of SRA Principle 7 and Outcome 7.5 requires conduct serious enough to amount to professional misconduct, not any regulatory breach.

  • Solicitors regulation authority principles
  • Money laundering regulations
  • Professional misconduct
  • Disciplinary proceedings
  • Interpretation of regulatory rules
  • Professional-regulation
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Administrative law [2026] EWHC 467 (Admin)

Chief Constable of Derbyshire Constabulary, R (On the Application Of) v Police Misconduct Panel

Chief Constable of Derbyshire Constabulary, R (On the Application Of) v Police Misconduct Panel [2026] EWHC 467 (Admin) (09 February 2026)

The High Court quashed the sanction imposed by a police misconduct panel, finding inadequate reasoning for final written warnings, but upheld its findings on the officers' conduct.

  • Police misconduct
  • Gross misconduct
  • Disciplinary proceedings
  • Adequacy of reasons
  • Sanctions
  • Judicial review standards
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Administrative law [2026] EWHC 124 (Admin)

Prior & Anor, R (on the application of) v The Police Federation of England and Wales

Prior & Anor, R (on the application of) v The Police Federation of England and Wales [2026] EWHC 124 (Admin) (26 January 2026)

Judicial review of PFEW disciplinary decisions succeeded for Mr Prior in full and partly for Mr Cooke, with the court finding procedural unfairness and Article 10 defects.

  • Judicial review
  • Procedural fairness
  • Freedom of expression
  • Disciplinary proceedings
  • Article 10 echr
  • Judicial-review
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Regulatory law

Social Care Wales v Wayne Pontin

The tribunal extended an interim suspension order against a residential childcare worker for six months, finding the public protection and public interest tests remained met.

  • Interim suspension orders
  • Fitness to practise
  • Public protection
  • Disciplinary proceedings
  • Interim-suspension-orders
  • Fitness-to-practise
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Administrative law

SAK v Disclosure and Barring Service

The Upper Tribunal allowed SAK’s appeal against a DBS barring decision, finding mistakes of fact in the allegations of sleeping on duty and poor care.

  • Mistake of fact
  • Safeguarding vulnerable adults
  • Disciplinary proceedings
  • Barring decisions
  • Care home employment
  • Dbs-barring-decisions
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Administrative law

DFL v General Dental Council

None of the appellant's grounds individually or cumulatively established a real possibility of bias or procedural irregularity. The hearing before the Professional Conduct Committee was fair, impartial, and procedurally regular. The appeal is dismissed.

  • Apparent bias
  • Procedural fairness
  • Disciplinary proceedings
  • Regulatory appeals
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