The dentist appealed against an order for his erasure from the register, after findings as to misconduct in the filing of claims to the NHS, despite his acquittal by a criminal court.
Held: The appeal failed. Whilst it would not be usually fair to proceed with disciplinary charges brought on similar facts, it not need always be unfair to proceed.
Sir Brian Leveson P QBD, Cranston J
[2014] EWHC 2618 (Admin), [2014] WLR(D) 342
Bailii, WLRD
Dentists Act 1984 29
England and Wales
Health Professions
Updated: 01 November 2021; Ref: scu.535405