Supreme Court decision signifies importance of res judicata principles in disciplinary matters
R (on the application of Coke-Wallis) v ICAEW [2011] UKSC 1, 19/01/2011
In this appeal, the Supreme Court's decision signifies the importance of res judicata principles in disciplinary matters.
Where a regulator seeks to repackage old and unsuccessful allegations in new/further proceedings, but where the new allegations are still essentially the same as the original ones, there are good grounds to challenge the new/further proceedings.
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