Dr Adil Mahmud Raji v The General Medical Council: PC 19 Mar 2003

PC (The Professional Conduct Committee of the GMC) The appellant had applied to the Committee to be restored to the medical register. He was not represented. The committee had required him at the same time, to present his application, and also to make representations as to why he should not be prevented from making further applications.
Held: The procedure was flawed. The procedure was not justified by the rules, and was not necessary. The effect, particularly for an applicant in person, would be to require him, in effect to argue contradictory cases, and would thus inhibit his main application. The committee should hear the main application, and only if it rejected that application should it ask if there were reasons why he should not be barred from re-applying.

Judges:

Steyn, Rodger of Earlsferry LL, Sir Andrew Leggatt

Citations:

[2003] UKPC 24, Times 31-Mar-2003, Gazette 29-May-2003

Links:

PC, Bailii, PC

Statutes:

Medical Act 1983 41

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Health Professions

Updated: 25 October 2022; Ref: scu.179987