26th May 2022Newsletters
MM was a solicitor whose firm had a legal aid contract for mental health work. He needed to be reaccredited by the Law Society. The process required a partner/senior manager of the firm to sign the reaccreditation form and declare that the information was correct to the best of his knowledge, and that he had […]
26th May 2022Newsletters
Rule 32(2) of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal Rules provides that the judgment of any civil court, or any tribunal exercising a professional or disciplinary jurisdiction, may stand as proof but not conclusive proof of the facts upon which the judgment is based. Rule 32(2) is to some extent unusual. Whilst tribunals and civil courts have […]
26th May 2022Newsletters
In a judgment handed down on 25 February 2022, Mr Justice Murray dismissed the General Medical Council’s appeal under section 40A of the Medical Act 1983 against a sanction of two months’ suspension imposed by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal (“MPT”). In doing so, the High Court restated the general principle that there was limited scope […]
26th May 2022Newsletters
The High Court terminated an 18 month interim suspension order imposed by the Interim Orders Tribunal (‘the IOT’) in a case involving allegations of sexual misconduct by a GP. Dr MXM was a partner at a GP’s practice. He had been practicing for more than 15 years and had never been the subject of any […]
26th May 2022Newsletters
The General Medical Council applied for a twelve month extension to an Interim Order of Conditions on Dr M’s practice. An order of conditions for a period of 18 months had first been imposed on 16 April 2019 and renewed on a previous application on 9 September 2020 for a further twelve months. In making […]
