Serious professional misconduct
In the case of Biswas, R (on the application of) v The General Medical Council [2007] EWHC 1644 (Admin) Gibbs J. held that ‘The question of what is serious or not in the context of medical practice is not a technical legal exercise. The word "serious" is an ordinary English word, not a term of art. The presence of two well qualified medical practitioners on the panel was quite sufficient to ensure a fair and proper hearing of the issue, whether or not either of them had had to apply that precise test in the past. The presence of an experienced lay Chairman who had decided the point in the past lent weight to the panel.’
Categories: Cases, Chapter 4, Chapter 18