R (Dr George) v GMC & South Staffordshire NHS Trust

[2004] Lloyd's Rep Med 33

ADMINISTRATIVE COURT

and Mr Justice COLLINS

Interim suspension of medical practitioner by Interim Orders Committee of General Medical Council — Challenge to suspension by application under section 41A(10) Medical Act 1983 — Whether judicial review of Committee's decision available or appropriate — Whether Committee entitled to have regard to matters more than five years old — Employment: whether employer could consider dismissal of doctor suspended by Interim Orders Committee — Practice and procedure: whether application to court under section 41A(10) Medical Act 1983 should be regarded as an appeal, or as an application under CPR Part 54