Posted inClinical Negligence Issue 16 Regulatory

Regulatory proceedings: reliance on hearsay evidence from deceased complainant

Regulatory proceedings: reliance on hearsay evidence from deceased complainant Leanne Woods Dr Siong Lee v General Medical Council [2025] EWHC 3347 (Admin) The Appellant, Dr Lee, was a GP. The Medical Practitioners Tribunal (‘MPT’) found that he had dishonestly falsified Patient A’s medical records on three separate occasions. As would…
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Posted inIssue 11 Regulatory

Lessons in dishonesty

GMC v Armstrong [2021] EWHC 1658 (Admin) Bakare v GMC [2021] EWHC 3278 (Admin) The Professional Standards Authority v (1) GDC & (2) Amir [2021] EWHC 3230 (Admin) Are there lessons to be learned from three recent High Court decisions concerning allegations of dishonesty? It is instructive that the cases…
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Dishonesty and Denial – Part 2

Ahmedsowida v General Medical Council [2021] EWHC 3466 Sawati v General Medical Council [2022] EWHC 283 I wrote last year about developments in the guidance given by the High Court in cases of professional regulation on the effect on sanctions of unsuccessful denials of dishonesty (link here). The issue continues…
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Posted inIssue 9 Regulatory

Dishonesty and Denial

Towuaghantse v GMC [2021] EWHC 681 (Admin) Al Nageim v General Medical Council [2021] EWHC 877 (Admin) The steady stream of appeals to the High Court from the Medical Practitioners Tribunal (“MPT”) against findings of dishonesty shows no sign of abating. Two recent cases have produced and illustrated guidance suggesting…
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Posted inIssue 3 Regulatory

Dishonesty – Serious Professional Misconduct

Collen Nkomo v General Medical Council [2019] EWHC 2625 (Admin)  This article originally appeared in Issue 3 (November 2019). The High Court dismissed an appeal of a locum general practitioner against the decision of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal (“the Tribunal”) erasing his name from the register of medical practitioners.  Background …
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