Index card Meadow v General Medical Council

Hearings

England & Wales

17 Feb 2006 [2006] EWHC 146 (Admin); [2006] 1 WLR 1452; [2006] 2 All ER 329; [2006] 1 FLR 1161, QBD

26 Oct 2006 [2006] EWCA Civ 1390; [2007] QB 462; [2007] 2 WLR 286; [2007] ICR 701; [2007] 1 All ER 1; [2007] 1 FLR 1398, CA

Subject Matter

EVIDENCE — Expert evidence — Immunity from suit — Disciplinary proceedings brought against medical practitioner for giving flawed but honest expert evidence — Whether witness's immunity from suit extending to disciplinary proceedings — Whether mistake constituting serious professional misconduct

[2006] EWHC 146 (Admin); [2006] 1 WLR 1452; [2006] 2 All ER 329; [2006] 1 FLR 1161, QBD

[2006] EWCA Civ 1390; [2007] QB 462; [2007] 2 WLR 286; [2007] ICR 701; [2007] 1 All ER 1; [2007] 1 FLR 1398, CA

MEDICAL PRACTITIONER — Discipline — “Serious professional misconduct” — Whether confined to matters of clinical practice — Whether including conduct as expert witness in criminal proceedings — Whether appeal from disciplinary panel by way of review or rehearing — Medical Act 1983, s 40 — CPR r 52.11, Pt 52 Practice Direction, para 22.3

[2006] EWCA Civ 1390; [2007] QB 462; [2007] 2 WLR 286; [2007] ICR 701; [2007] 1 All ER 1; [2007] 1 FLR 1398, CA

Appellate History

Meadow v General Medical Council [2006] EWHC 146 (Admin); [2006] 1 WLR 1452; [2006] 2 All ER 329; [2006] 1 FLR 1161, QBD

Decision of Collins J reversed in part

Meadow v General Medical Council [2006] EWCA Civ 1390; [2007] QB 462; [2007] 2 WLR 286; [2007] ICR 701; [2007] 1 All ER 1; [2007] 1 FLR 1398, CA

Commentary

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Experts’ Immunity from Suit 54.11