The Industrial Cases Reports
[2024] ICR 445
Court of Appeal
Adil
v
General Medical Council
[2023] EWCA Civ 1261
2023 Oct 19;
Nov 2
Nov 2
Bean, Popplewell, Dingemans LJJ
Medical practitioner— Fitness to practise— Misconduct— Consultant surgeon posting baseless and dangerous views about Covid-19 pandemic on social media— Medical practitioners tribunal finding misconduct and imposing suspension for six months— Whether breaching Convention right to freedom of expression— Whether guidance issued by General Medical Council “prescribed by law”— Whether sanction disproportionate and inappropriate— Relevance of interim suspension on sanction—
Medical Act 1983 (c 54), ss 35C, 35D
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Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), s 12, Sch 1, Pt I, art 10