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Erasure decision quashed due to 'illogical' reasoning
Written by Daniel Langley, Solicitor Wisniewska v Nursing and Midwifery Council [2016] EWHC 2672 (Admin), Hayden J This case provides a rare example of the High Court quashing a decision to strike-off a nurse following a finding of dishonesty. The court concluded that the NMC's Conduct and Competence Committee's (the Committee) reasoning was illogical and in the alternative imposed a sanction of 12 months suspension from the register.
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Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons v Samuel [2014] UKPC 13
This case highlights that tribunals considering convictions of a registrant will need to carefully consider the wider circumstances surrounding the conviction.S, a vet, had pleaded guilty to the theft
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Dr Luise Schodlok v General Medical Council [2013] EWHC 2280
This case concerned an appeal by Dr Luise Schodlock (S) against the determination of a Fitness to Practise Panel ("the Panel") of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service ("MPTS") to impose
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Sultan v General Medical Council (2013) All ER (D) 237 (May)
S had admitted to a Fitness to Practise Panel of the GMC ("the Panel") that he had instructed a third party, G, to take home and burn bags of patient records. In the event, G burnt some of the records
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Kibe v Nursing & Midwifery Council (2013) QBD (Holman J) 03/05/2013
The NMC commenced proceedings against K, a nurse, on the basis that she had failed to state in an application form that she previously been employed in a substantive post as a staff nurse by the Queen
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Hassan v General Optical Council (2013) QBD (Admin) (Leggatt J) 16/05/2013
When H was 18 years old, he had been persuaded by a friend to board a bus which was to be deliberately crashed by his friend, with the aim of making a false personal injury claim against the bus
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Siddiqui v General Medical Council (2013) EWHC 1083 (Admin)
S appealed against a decision of the GMC Fitness to Practise Panel to suspend her registration for 6 months. At the hearing, S admitted that she had failed to provide good clinical care to a patient,
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Bamgbelu v General Dental Council (2013) QBD (Admin) (Judge Allan Gore QC)
The Professional Conduct Committee of the General Dental Council had previously found that B had provided inadequate clinical treatment, that there were unsafe and unhygienic practice conditions at