- Clare Dyer, legal correspondent
- BMJ
The Department of Health in England is to appeal against a High Court ruling last week that it fears could turn the new procedure for striking misbehaving or badly performing doctors off primary care trusts' lists into a lengthy, expensive, and legalistic process.
The judgment from Mr Justice Toulson came in test cases brought by two GPs who argued that a refusal to let them have legal representation, call witnesses, and cross examine witnesses through their lawyers at the oral hearing to decide on their removal …
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