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  2. R (on the application of Pitt and Tyas) v General ...

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    The judgement states that “As the Standards themselves make clear, the examples given are just that. They are intended to be helpful to illustrate what may or may not be appropriate conduct.” [ 1 ] However, the examples are prefaced with “There are a number of ways to meet this standard and below are examples of attitudes and behaviours ...

  3. List of professional designations in the United States

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    Certified Employee Benefits Specialist: CEBS Group Benefits Associate: ... Professional Practice Degrees (required for state licensure) Doctor of Chiropractic: DC

  4. Professional responsibility - Wikipedia

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    Professional responsibility is defined by professional accepted standards of personal behaviour, moral values, and personal guiding principles. [16] Codes for professional responsibility may be established by professional bodies or organizations to guide members in performing functions to a consistent ethical set of principles. [ 17 ]

  5. Vicarious liability - Wikipedia

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    Vicarious liability is a form of a strict, secondary liability that arises under the common law doctrine of agency, respondeat superior, the responsibility of the superior for the acts of their subordinate or, in a broader sense, the responsibility of any third party that had the "right, ability, or duty to control" the activities of a violator.

  6. Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee - Wikipedia

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    An example might be a prison doctor refusing to treat a prisoner because he or she had previously been difficult or abusive. Although proof of spite or ill-will may make a decision-maker's act unlawful, actual malice in the sense of an act intended to do harm to a particular individual, is not necessary.

  7. List of United States Supreme Court cases involving mental ...

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    An involuntarily committed, legally competent patient who refused medication had a right to professional medical review of the treating psychiatrist's decision. The Court left the decision-making process to medical professionals. 14th 1990 Washington v. Harper: Prisoners have only a very limited right to refuse psychotropic medications in prison.

  8. Professional negligence in English law - Wikipedia

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    Liability of provider of professional services towards their client (and potentially third parties) can arise on a number of different legal bases, including contract, negligence, other torts, equity (such as duties owed by trustees and fiduciaries), as well as statutory rules such as the Consumer Rights Act 2015 and the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 (which applies in non-consumer ...

  9. American Bar Association Model Rules of Professional Conduct

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    In 1908, the ABA's Committee on Code of Professional Ethics delivered the "Canons of Professional Ethics", which set forth general principles and responsibilities for members of the legal profession. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] The Canons drew heavily from the Alabama State Bar Association 's 1887 Code of Ethics. [ 28 ]