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22 May 2008 / B. Mahendra
Issue: 7322 / Categories: Features
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An important aspect of legal process is, of course, procedural fairness, as much applicable to professional disciplinary proceedings as to other trials. We now also have the additional requirement imposed by Art 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights (the Convention) that provides that “everyone is entitled to a fair and public hearing within a reasonable period of time”. The question of undue delay was the issue that primarly exercised the

Administrative Court
in Selvarajan v General Medical Council( 2008) EWHC 182 (Admin), [2008] All ER (D) 110 (Feb). Dr Selvarajan was a general practitioner who was alleged to have defrauded the local health authority of £150,000 by falsely prescribing drugs, sharing the spoils with a local chemist who had purported to have dispensed the drugs. These activities took place between 1994 and 1996. It was only in March 2006 that the General Medical Council (GMC) got around to imposing the sanction of erasure from the medical register on the doctor. He appealed on the ground that the GMC had misdirected itself on
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Birketts—trainee cohort

Birketts—trainee cohort

Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025

Keoghs—four appointments

Keoghs—four appointments

Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner

NEWS
Robert Taylor of 360 Law Services warns in this week's NLJ that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) risks entrenching disadvantage for SME law firms, unless tools are tailored to their needs
The Court of Protection has ruled in Macpherson v Sunderland City Council that capacity must be presumed unless clearly rebutted. In this week's NLJ, Sam Karim KC and Sophie Hurst of Kings Chambers dissect the judgment and set out practical guidance for advisers faced with issues relating to retrospective capacity and/or assessments without an examination
Delays and dysfunction continue to mount in the county court, as revealed in a scathing Justice Committee report and under discussion this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School. Bulk claims—especially from private parking firms—are overwhelming the system, with 8,000 cases filed weekly
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
From oligarchs to cosmetic clinics, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) target journalists, activists and ordinary citizens with intimidating legal tactics. Writing in NLJ this week, Sadie Whittam of Lancaster University explores the weaponisation of litigation to silence critics
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