This report relates a case in the Administrative Court in which Dr Rakesh Aga (“the Claimant”) successfully challenged the decision of the General Medical Council (“GMC”) on 10 December 2010 to the effect that he was guilty as misconduct. He judge stated that could not see any rational basis for the “misconduct” finding and that in [...]
Newspapers guilty of contempt during murder investigation
August 30, 2011 from Leave a Comment
The Attorney General has issued the following press release follwing the successful prosecution of the Mirror Group Newspapers Ltd and News Group Newspapers Ltd who were found guilty of contempt of court for publishing potentially prejudicial coverage of a former suspect in the Joanna Yeates murder investigation at the start of this year which had [...]
Court considers Human Rights issues in disciplinary procedings
April 18, 2011 from Leave a Comment
Puri, R (on the application of) v Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2011] EWHC 970 (Admin) (15 April 2011) This case refers to a claim for judicial review of two decisions of the defendant, the Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Essentially, the issue is whether Article 6 ECHR was engaged in the disciplinary [...]
David Southall restored to the medical register
May 8, 2010 from Leave a Comment
Paediatrician says that he may return to child work The paediatrician David Southall has been restored to the medical register following victory in the Court of Appeal in proceedings against the General Medical Council. At a hearing last Tuesday the GMC was refused permission to appeal to the Supreme Court. The judgment in the latest [...]
Suspended paediatrician Dr David Southall has won an appeal against the General Medical Council
April 23, 2010 from Leave a Comment
Suspended paediatrician Dr David Southall has won an appeal against the General Medical Council in his first step towards restoring his career. Three Court of Appeal judges ruled that the GMC’s fitness to practice panel should give more detailed reasons for finding him guilty of serious professional misconduct in 2007. Dr Southall remains struck off [...]
Judge calls for review into infant brain injury prosecutions
December 24, 2009 from Leave a Comment
A judge has called for a review into cases involving infant brain injuries after a mother was kept waiting 18-months before murder charges against her were finally dropped. Saleha Khatun, 22, who was due to stand trial for the murder of 10-month-old Mohammed, was dramatically freed at the Old Bailey after the prosecution offered no [...]
Gynaecologist’s three-year ordeal ends as ‘fantasist with excessive libido’ drops her case
December 20, 2009 from Leave a Comment
A woman who accused her gynaecologist of giving her ‘leg buckling orgasms’ on the consulting couch has dramatically withdrawn her case.Bibi Giles’s harassment claim against consultant Angus Thomson was effectively torpedoed when another doctor – a GP – threatened to tell the court that she had pestered him for sex in the past. Mrs Giles [...]
Child abuse expert failed in his duties, GMC rules
July 14, 2002 from Leave a Comment
Sir Roy Meadow, one of the country’s leading experts on child abuse, gave erroneous and misleading evidence in the trial of Sally Clark which helped to convict her of murdering her two sons, the General Medical Council ruled yesterday. A disciplinary panel found that Professor Meadow, 72, failed in his duty as an expert witness [...]
Falsely accused teachers to be offered counselling
March 21, 2002 from Leave a Comment
Psychological support is to be offered to teachers who have been falsely accused of child abuse. The National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers and the Teacher Support Network are to offer counselling services for teachers traumatised by the experience of malicious allegations of abuse. Nigel de Gruchy wants to help innocent teachers whose [...]