McCandless v General Medical Council
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Judgment Date | 11 December 1995 |
| Date | 11 December 1995 |
| Court | Privy Council |
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14 cases
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Dowling v an Bord Altranais
...the statement by Lord Hoffmann in the course of a judgment which he delivered in a case of McCandless v. General Medical Council [1996] 1 W.L.R. 167 at p.169 that there was a 'duty to protect the public against the genially incompetent as well as the deliberate wrongdoers'.' 68 It is unfor......
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Scottish Gas Network V. Scottish Water
...not amount to misconduct but that it may be demonstrated where there is serious negligence (McCandless v General Medical Council [1996] 1 WLR 167, PER Lord Hoffmann at p 169F; Preiss v General Dental Council [2001] 1 WLR 1926, PC, per Lord Cooke at para. 28; and Calhhaem v GMC [2007] EWHC 2......
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Wong v Commonwealth of Australia Selim v Lele, Tan and Rivett constituting the Professional Services Review Committee No 309
...as Allinson v General Council of Medical Education and Registration174 with the elaboration now afforded by Lord Hoffmann in McCandless v General Medical Council175. The concept of ‘inappropriate practice’ is not exactly the same as ‘unprofessional conduct’ existing in the 1890s when Allins......
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R v General Medical Council, ex parte Toth
... ... wrongdoer; serious professional misconduct includes serious negligence; and whether the treatment of a patient constitutes serious professional misconduct is to be judged by the proper professional standards in the light of the objective facts about the individual patient: see McCandless v. GMC [1996] 1 WLR 169 ... The Act and Rules set out to provide a just balance between the legitimate expectation of the complainant that a complaint of serious professional misconduct will be fully investigated and the need for legitimate safeguards for the practitioner, who as a professional ... ...
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