R v General Medical Council, ex parte Phillips

(1996) 7 Med LR 31

COURT OF APPEAL

Lord Justice NOURSE, Lord Justice BELDAM, and Sir Tasker WATKINS

Professional conduct — Medical practitioner — Questions as to mental fitness to practise and abuse of alcohol — Medical reports not unanimous — Balance of opinion in reports not supporting view that practitioner was unfit to practise or otherwise failed to satisfy requirements set out in General Medical Council (GMC) Health Committee (Procedure) Rules 1987 rule 8(3) — Whether President (GMC) acted beyond his powers and unlawfully in requiring undertakings by practitioner