Index for "4th Edition, Chapter 18"
Hearing an appeal from a judge of first
instance Lady Justice Arden said, ‘The judge held
that the court "naturally [paid] great respect to
the view of the evidence taken by the Interim
Orders Panel...
Where there were a number of disciplinary
charges of serious professional incompetence
against an architect it was unnecessary for the PCC
to decide that each individual allegation that they
found pro...
In the case of an interim order against a
doctor, Article 6 of the ECHR is not normally
engaged. All that is required is that the tribunal
acts speedily and on the basis of credible
evidence: R (on th...
"The protection of members of the public" is
not a term interchangeable with "the public
interest" in the General Social Care Council
(Conduct) Rules 200. Council for the Regulation of
Healthcare Prof...
In the case of Swanney v Full Decision of the
General Medical Council's Fitness to Practice Panel
[2008] ScotCS CSIH_35 it was held that: -- Section
36(1)(b) of the
Medical Act 1983 (which deals with ...
Rashid v. General Medical Council, Fatani v.
GMC
(2007) 1 WLR 1460 -- 4. These two appeals from
the GMC Fitness to Practice Panel reaffirmed the
principal purpose of the Panel namely the
preservation ...
The approach of the High Court to reviewing
sanctions imposed by the Fitness to Practice Panel
of the GMC were summarized by Laws LJ (with whom
Chadwick LJ and Sir Peter Gibson agreed), in the
case of...
In the case of an interim order against a
doctor, Article 6 of the ECHR is not normally
engaged. All that is required is that the tribunal
acts speedily and on the basis of credible
evidence. R (on th...
General Medical Council v. Hiew
[2007] 1 WLR 2007 -- 1. This case before the
Court of Appeal considered the criteria for the
exercise of the powers to extend interim suspension
order made by the GMC�...
The approach to appeals under Section 29 of
the
National Health Service Reform and Health Care
Professions Act 2002 was laid down by the Court
of Appeal in the case of Ruscillo v The Council for
the R...
The following statement was approved by Burton
J in Woods v GMC [2002] EWHC 1484: ‘In conduct
cases the PPC's task is to decide whether, in its
opinion, there is a real prospect of serious
professio...
