R (on the application of Holmes and others) v General Medical Council

[2001] Lloyd's Rep Med 366

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION

and Mr Justice OUSELEY

Judicial Review — The Medical Act 1983, sections 36(1)(b), 42(1) and (2) — The General Medical Council Preliminary Proceedings Committee and Professional Conduct Committee (Procedure) Rules 1988, rules 6(3) and 6(4) — The 4-tier approach to consideration of a complaint of serious professional misconduct — Whether the granting of permission for judicial review without explicit comment on issues of delay precluded consideration of those issues at the substantive hearing