R (Taggart) v Royal College of Surgeons of England

Subject Matter

JUDICIAL REVIEW — Court’s jurisdiction — Professional membership body — Professional membership body for surgeons paid to advise on surgical standards under private contractual arrangements with healthcare organisations — NHS trust commissioning professional body to review surgeon employee’s treatment of patient — Trust subsequently restricting employee’s clinical duties and referring employee to regulator — Employee seeking judicial review of professional body’s report — Whether amenable to judicial review

[2022] EWHC 1141 (Admin); [2022] ICR 1235; [2022] WLR(D) 217, QBD