BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION agencies
REGULATORY BODIES
Financial Services
Banks
Financial intermediaries
- FSA
Lawyers
Solicitors
- The SRA brings cases before the SDT
Barristers
- The Bar Standard Board Council ….
- Licenced Conveyars
MEDICAL
Doctors
- “GMC” General Medical Council
Dentists
BUSINESS
Competition
- Office of Fair Trading
Data Protection
- The Information Commissioner
Competition enforcement
- “OFT” – The Office of Fair Trading
The Information Commissioner
“Information Commissioner’s Office is the UK’s independent authority set up to uphold information rights in the public interest, promoting openness by public bodies and data privacy for individuals.” – see http://www.ico.gov.uk/
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/cmselect/cmhaff/907/907.pdf
13th Report
RIPA – http://www.bailii.org/uk/legis/num_act/2000/ukpga_20000023_en_1.html
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Solicitors
http://www.sra.org.uk/home/home.page
The records of past Fitness to Practise decisions and IOP decisions are held webpages and can be searched by name of solicitor.
Barristers
Dentists
The GDC site states the aims of, and provides information on the Council and its activities. For patients, there is a description of the complaints procedure. Registration procedures and information on specialist lists is provided. The UK Dentists Register, the Rolls of Dental Auxiliaries and the Specialists Lists may be searched. The specialist lists (at June 2000) are Oral Pathology, Oral Microbiology, Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology, Oral Surgery, Surgical Dentistry, Endodontics, Periodontics, Prosthodontics, Restorative Dentistry, Dental Public Health, Orthodontics, Paediatric Dentistry and Oral Medicine.
Doctors
General Medical Council
http://www.gmc-uk.org/concerns/hearings_and_decisions/fitness_to_practise_decisions.asp
The records of past Fitness to Practise decisions and IOP decisions are held webpages and can be searched by name of doctor.
“ICO” The Information Commissioner has come under some criticism before and after giving evidence at the Leveson Inquiry.
