Originally published in TEDR Volume 12 Issue 1 (publication date not recorded).
[2006] EWHC 3277 (Admin) QBD (Admin) (Davis J) 21/12/2006 TEDR Volume 12 Issue 1
The claimant, the Singapore Medical Council ("SMC”", applied for judicial review of a decision of the GMC to cancel the referral of a charge to its Fitness to Practise Panel against the interested party " Professor Shorvon ("S"). The Court in London described this as “most unfortunate litigation". The judge described S as “a highly accredited and world renowned researcher in this field" (neuroscience and genomic research). He was and remains Professor of Clinical Neurology at University College London.
S was a doctor registered with the GMC. He had led a Singapore based medical research project. Following complaints about the conduct of the project, the SMC had conducted an inquiry.
Some 30 charges had been brought against S and all had been found proved.
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