A hearing panel concluded that the Law Society had proven all
its professional misconduct allegations against Groia, though an appeal panel allowed Groia's appeal in part.
Not exact matches
«We take all
allegations of
misconduct and neglect of duty
against licensed
professionals extremely seriously.
California's standards board for educator training and
professional conduct added its support to legislation that would rewrite the rules implementing sanctions
against school officials who fail to report changes in an employee's work status while an
allegation of
misconduct is pending.
Malfeasance or Malpractice
misconduct allegations against a lawyer are among the most complex we handle because The Pattis & Smith Law Firm lawyer
misconduct team must simultaneously address bar licensing proceedings, police investigations, criminal charges
against the lawyer, potential financial liability in a civil court, and
professional and personal reputation concerns.
«(i) that in matters of personal conduct he would be subject to the hospital's general procedures and that in matters of
professional conduct he would be subject to a procedure agreed by the Local Negotiating Committee in respect of medical practitioners; (ii) that he was accused by the Trust of personal and
professional misconduct; (iii) that because of the nature of the
allegations made
against him he was contractually entitled to a formal disciplinary hearing by a panel which included a clinician of the same discipline as himself and a legally qualified chairman, before which he would have the benefit of legal representation, if he so wished; (iv) that the disciplinary hearing which resulted in the findings of
misconduct was not conducted in accordance with the terms of his contract of employment because the panel did not include a clinician of the same discipline as himself, nor a legally qualified chairman and because his request to be allowed legal representation was refused; (iv) that following the panel's findings he was dismissed for personal and
professional misconduct; (v) that if the proceedings had been carried out in accordance with his contract of employment the panel would not have found that he was guilty of personal and
professional misconduct and he would not have been dismissed; (vii) that because he was dismissed on the grounds of personal and
professional misconduct (including dishonesty) he has been unable to find comparable alternative employment» [at para 10]:
As can be seen from the above, there are many ways a specialist solicitor can assist accountants to defend
against allegations of
professional misconduct.
Accountancy
professionals may also find themselves the subject of regulatory and disciplinary proceedings if an
allegation of
misconduct is made
against them in criminal or civil proceedings.
At Tuckers, our highly respected solicitors have vast experience defending accountants
against allegations of
professional misconduct or criminal behaviour that call into question their ability to meet expected standards.
In acting for
professionals, Lisa has defended them
against allegations of
misconduct, incompetence, and registration.
Ansari v Knowles (2014) A university lecturer claimed in libel and slander for
allegations of personal
misconduct and
professional incompetence
against four defendants including Manchester Metropolitan University, a former university colleague and Vilnius University.
In addition, the angry dissatisfied parent may also make complaints
against the service provider through their licensing body, again with spurious and vexatious
allegations of
professional misconduct.