Disciplinary hearings: Doctors entitled to legal representation at disciplinary hearings

This report relates to 1 case(s)

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  Kulkarni v Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Trust and Secretary of State for Health [2009] IRLR 829 CA (2 other reports)

  • Case of the week: Legal representation

    Date:

    11 August 2009

    This week's case of the week, provided by DLA Piper, covers legal representation.

  • Kulkarni v Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and another

    Date:

    24 July 2009

    The Court of Appeal has held that a doctor should be allowed to be accompanied by a lawyer at a disciplinary hearing in circumstances where he or she is facing charges that are of such gravity that, in the event they are proven, he or she will effectively be barred from employment in the NHS.