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Rayner my parade! The importance of specialist advice.
Jemma Brimblecombe
In a case originally presented by Kingsley Napley, the principle set out in Southall v the General Medical Council [2010] EWCA Civ 407 was considered alongside the reasoning given by the Panel for dismissing expert evidence when making their decision.
Rule 7(1)(a) of the Disciplinary Hearing Rules requiring evidence to be served does include statements of witnesses and the withholding of statements to prevent a registrant ‘tempering’ his evidence around the statement is ‘unacceptable’.
The payment of fees and expenses and the provision of training and guidance to Panel Members by the ‘regulator’ does not give rise to an appearance of bias.
A fitness to practise panel of the General Medical Council (GMC) were entitled to take into account findings it had made at the impairment stage of a fitness to practise hearing when considering the issue of sanction.
Is an 18 month suspension order appropriate for failing to keep books of account properly written up?
Jemma Brimblecombe
Charles Richardson
Oliver Oldman
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