Professional Conduct Casebook

• The only book to analyse all key professional conduct and competence cases, in a single, portable volume
• Analyses all relevant decisions across an extensive range of professions, as well as offering incisive summaries of the cases, legal framework, and general principles
• Unparalleled breadth with over 60 issue-specific chapters covering everything you need to know - from abuse of process to vulnerable witnesses
• Easy-to-use A-Z format, ensuring you can find answers the minute you need them
• Written by an acknowledged expert in the area, with extensive experience of disciplinary proceedings across numerous professions

The number of regulatory and disciplinary cases coming before the courts is increasing dramatically, reflecting the rise in the number of complaints made against professionals of all kinds. Likewise, an ever-increasing number of disciplinary and fitness-to-practise hearings are reported by the media. Covering a wide range of professions, from doctors and healthcare professionals to lawyers and sports professionals, from financial service providers and accountants to the police and prison service, the law around this developing subject has become increasingly complex. 

Kenneth Hamer's Professional Conduct Casebook is the only book to provide comprehensive coverage of the growing body of case law in this developing area. It analyses all the key professional conduct and competence cases in a single volume and distills the general principles from the legislative framework and relevant case decisions, offering lucid guidance to practitioners much in need of clarity. The book contains extensive summaries of the cases and the decisions reached in each case by the court.

Structured alphabetically for logical, quick reference, the book contains over 60 chapters which cover every issue arising in the hearing of conduct and competence cases. The expert author identifies all the source material that practitioners need to consider when confronted by a specific issue, and provides clear, accessible guidance. Each chapter examines the legal framework of all the applicable statutory and non-statutory provisions, details any relevant guideline remarks which set out general principles, and summarizes all relevant caselaw, making the book an indispensable source of reference for every regulatory and disciplinary lawyer.

Readership: Primary: barristers and solicitors specializing in regulation, regulatory law and professional disciplinary law; regulatory bodies; legal assessors; advocates; tribunal members. Secondary: individuals and organisations involved in regulatory proceedings and dealing with disciplinary cases, for example - educational institutions, NHS trusts, police, military, prison authorities