1st Mar 2022Newsletters
Dr Sawati faced allegations of deficient professional performance and misconduct. Of these, the decisive feature of the case, as proved, related to three instances of dishonesty: An unacknowledged retrospective amendment of a patient record in 2015 to indicate she had discussed a particular case with her supervisor. Her defence was she believed she had discussed […]
1st Mar 2022Newsletters
You might have thought that the issue of whether it is legitimate to add up multiple instances of minor misconduct to make a finding of serious misconduct would have been well-rehearsed in the High Court, but surprisingly this is not so. The best-known dicta on his issue is that in Schodlok v GMC [2015] EWCA […]
1st Mar 2022Newsletters
Dr Samuel White has strong views on the management of the Covid pandemic, and on the appropriate treatment of those with Covid. Among the views he expressed on a video uploaded to social media were that the vaccine is a form of genetic manipulation that can cause serious illness and death, and that masks should […]
1st Mar 2022Newsletters
The facts of the case can be summarised as follows: Grace Ann Peers was 15 years old when she committed suicide in the care of a private children’s home (Farm House) where she had been placed by Middlesbrough Borough Council. In the course of the Inquest proceedings, the Coroner ruled that Article 2 was not […]
1st Mar 2022Newsletters
Mr Robert Ginn took his own life at HMP Pentonville on 5 November 2018. HM Senior Coroner for Inner London determined that Article 2 was engaged and conducted the inquest with a jury. The inquest lasted six days and heard from 27 witnesses, 14 of whom gave evidence orally. At the conclusion of the inquest […]
