Disciplinary Proceedings and Serious Procedural Irregularities

Beard v General Osteopathic Council [2019] EWHC 1561 (Admin)  This article originally appeared in Issue 2 (July 2019). This was an appeal by the registrant osteopath against the GOC’s Professional Conduct Committee (PCC’s) decision to impose conditions on her registration. Her real complaint on appeal was that the hearing of…

Interim Payments and Eeles

Farrington v Menzies-Haines [2019] EWHC 1297 This article originally appeared in Issue 1 (May 2019). This was a brain injury claim following an RTA. Liability, subject to an argument on contributory negligence, was admitted. As to causation, the Defendant disputed the extent to which the Claimant’s injuries were attributable to…