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Adil v General Medical Council

Hearings

England & Wales

05 Apr 2023 [2023] EWHC 797 (Admin); [2023] IRLR 900, KBD (Swift J)

02 Nov 2023 [2023] EWCA Civ 1261; [2024] ICR 445; [2024] IRLR 123, CA (Bean, Popplewell, Dingemans LJJ)

Subject Matter

MEDICAL PRACTITIONER — Discipline — Appeal

[2023] EWHC 797 (Admin); [2023] IRLR 900, KBD

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 — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), s 12, Sch 1, Pt I, art 10

[2023] EWCA Civ 1261; [2024] ICR 445; [2024] IRLR 123, CA

Appellate History

Adil v General Medical Council [2023] EWHC 797 (Admin); [2023] IRLR 900, KBD

Decision of Swift J affirmed

Adil v General Medical Council [2023] EWCA Civ 1261; [2024] ICR 445; [2024] IRLR 123, CA

Commentary

UK Human Rights Blog
Covid and Free Speech in the High Court Case comment

Doctor’s suspension after questioning the severity of Covid 19 did not breach his Article 10 rights Case comment

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