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Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
23 October 2012
Case Update: Siddiqui v Health Professions Council [2012] EWHC 2863
High Court refuses to interfere with factual findings of first instance tribunal and dismisses appeal.
16 October 2012
Case Update: Kumar v General Medical Council [2012] EWHC 2688 (Admin)
“Reckless” consultant psychiatrist appealed against the finding of a Fitness to Practise panel of the GMC suspending him from the register in relation to expert evidence which he gave at a murder trial.
15 October 2012
Case Update: Maistry v Solicitors Regulation Authority, unreported
Solicitors Regulation Authority uphold decision of Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal to impose a fine and costs order against a managing partner of a solicitors firm, for breaches of rule 5.01 and 5.03 of the Code of Conduct.
8 October 2012
Case Update: Nwogbo v General Medical Council [2012] EWHC 2666 (Admin)
Allegations of dishonesty must be put to registrants in cross examination in clear and unambiguous terms so that the panel can make a fair assessment of a registrant’s express state of mind on the issue.
5 October 2012
Case Update: Janet Baines v Nursing and Midwifery Council [2012] EWCH 2615
This case examines time limits in legal proceedings: on this occasion the time limit for bringing an appeal in the High Court against a decision of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (‘NMC’).