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Financial services – Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). On a reference by the applicant to the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) (the tribunal) regarding the identification of the applicant in a Decision Notice for the purposes of s 394(4) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, the tribunal dismissed the reference having decided that the applicant had failed to prove that any of the words used in the Final Notice by the Financial Conduct Authority were such as would reasonably in the circumstances lead persons professionally associated with the applicant to believe that he was a person prejudicially affected by matters stated in any of the reasons contained in that notice.
Financial services – Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). On a reference by the applicant to the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) (the tribunal) regarding the identification of the applicant in a Decision Notice for the purposes of s 394(4) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, the tribunal dismissed the reference having decided that the applicant had failed to prove that any of the words used in the Final Notice by the Financial Conduct Authority were such as would reasonably in the circumstances lead persons professionally associated with the applicant to believe that he was a person prejudicially affected by matters stated in any of the reasons contained in that notice.
Chair of the Bar reports back
Marie Law, Director of Toxicology at AlphaBiolabs
A £500 donation from AlphaBiolabs has been made to the leading UK charity tackling international parental child abduction and the movement of children across international borders
Marie Law, Director of Toxicology at AlphaBiolabs, outlines the drug and alcohol testing options available for family law professionals, and how a new, free guide can help identify the most appropriate testing method for each specific case
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Marie Law, Director of Toxicology at AlphaBiolabs, examines the latest ONS data on drug misuse and its implications for toxicology testing in family law cases
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Where to start and where to find help? Monisha Shah, Chair of the King’s Counsel Selection Panel, provides an overview of the silk selection process, debunking some myths along the way
Do chatbot providers owe a duty of care for negligent misstatements? Jasper Wong suggests that the principles applicable to humans should apply equally to machines
With gender earnings inequality at the Bar getting worse, not better, Judith Ayling KC discusses concrete solutions and collective action – including steps taken by the Personal Injuries Bar Association
There is no typical day in the life as a Supreme Court judicial assistant, says Josephine Gillingwater, and that’s what makes the role so enjoyably diverse
