Published 20 October 2009, doi:10.1136/bmj.b4311
Cite this as: BMJ 2009;339:b4311

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High Court quashes interim suspension of doctor awaiting GMC hearing

Clare Dyer

1 BMJ

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A doctor in the United Kingdom who was suspended from practice pending a full hearing by the General Medical Council after she failed to tell the regulator she had been charged with money laundering has won a rare High Court ruling quashing the suspension by the interim orders panel.

The panel, which banned Julianna Sosanya from practice for 18 months, gave no cogent reasons for doing so and had acted unreasonably in thinking suspension was appropriate, said Mr Justice Davis.

Her solicitor, Adam Smith, said it was unusual for a doctor to succeed in quashing an interim order for suspension. Interim orders are made in the most serious cases, where the public interest demands it while a case is being investigated.

The GMC confirmed that it was rare for a doctor to succeed in quashing an interim order. A spokeswoman said there had been no other successful challenges for at . . . [Full text of this article]


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