Jan 30, 2021 | Case Study, Doctor Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow Stephen McCaffrey, joint head of chambers, advised and represented a very senior oncology consultant in London who had been investigated in relation to alleged dishonesty connected to time spent in private practice whilst on sick leave from...
Oct 11, 2020 | Case Study, Doctor Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow Kings View Chambers have successfully appealed against the refusal of DH’s entry to medical school. Universities have many different policies in place which are often not up to date or fit for purpose and even where universities who do have...
Aug 11, 2020 | Case Study, Doctor Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow GMC Defence Barristers successfully assisted and represented another doctor this month with a review of a substantive suspension. The doctor had been suspended for 9 months for issues relating to dishonesty during a CQC inspection and at later...
Feb 29, 2020 | Case Study, Doctor Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow A doctor’s fitness to practise was found not impaired in a case involving a police caution for an issue of violence against a child which was referred to the GMC. Dr NZ instructed Kings GMC Defence Barristers after moving away from previous...
Jan 13, 2020 | Case Study, Doctor Legal
FollowFollowFollowFollow A doctor, represented by GMC Defence Barristers, has avoided a practice suspension following a MPTS hearing where they were accused of dishonesty. Dr JC was accused by the GMC of dishonesty that they contended amounted to their fitness to...
Sep 27, 2019 | Case Study
FollowFollowFollowFollow GMC Defence Barristers’ lead counsel Catherine Stock has successfully argued for the lifting of a suspension order for a doctor accused of dishonestly. Dr B qualified in 2005 from the University of London and from 2007 specialised in...