 
							
					
															
					
					 by admin | Mar 11, 2025 | GMC
Under what circumstances should a fitness to practise tribunal be required to set out its assessment of the general credibility and reliability of each witness’ evidence? To what the extent of the forensic analysis and reasoning required for making such...				
					
			
					
											
								 
							
					
															
					
					 by admin | Feb 26, 2025 | Case, Fitness to Practise, GMC
My client, a doctor, able to practice unrestricted after a fitness to practise tribunal made a finding of no impairment. My client, K, approached Kings View Chambers at a very early stage in proceedings following allegations of a professional boundaries issue with a...				
					
			
					
											
								 
							
					
															
					
					 by admin | Jan 27, 2025 | GMC
A number of recent cases, where doctors were sanctioned by the GMC, has raised questions about the regulator’s stance on the issue of doctors taking part in climate protests.  Is the GMC’s stance justified and what should doctors know when they consider taking part in...				
					
			
					
											
								 
							
					
															
					
					 by admin | Jan 20, 2025 | NMC
My client’s fitness to practise case before the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) was closed by agreed disposal, thereby avoiding a fitness to practise hearing and further legal expense and preparation for a review. CC instructed me regarding an NMC referral...				
					
			
					
											
								 
							
					
															
					
					 by admin | Jan 5, 2025 | NMC
The Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) fitness to practise insights and analysis provides a clear indication of factors that place nurses and midwives at heightened risk of referrals and regulatory action.  I discuss these heightened risks and look at factors that...