The WLR Daily case summaries
[2020] WLR(D) 469
Queen’s Bench Division
Simawi v General Medical Council
[2020] EWHC 2168 (Admin)
2020 July 15; Aug 11
Julian Knowles J
Medical practitioner— Medical Practitioners Tribunal— Appeal— Practitioner seeking to appeal length of suspension imposed by tribunal and direction for review prior to expiry— Whether sanction appropriate— Whether freestanding right of appeal against review direction where appeal against suspension unsuccessful—
Medical Act 1983 (c 54) (as amended by European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/3101), reg 21(a) and General Medical Council (Fitness to Practise and Over-arching Objective) and the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (References to Court) Order 2015 (SI 2015/794), arts 5, 16), ss 35D(2)(b)(4A), 40(1)