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Neutral Citation Number: [2024] EWHC 132 (Admin)
Case No: AC-2023-LON-002171
CO/2635/2023
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
KING'S BENCH DIVISION
ADMINISTRATIVE COURT
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Date: 31/01/2024
Before :
THE HONOURABLE MRS JUSTICE HEATHER WILLIAMS DBE
Between :
Dr SHALA IMANI | Appellant |
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GENERAL DENTAL COUNCIL | Respondent |
Mr Jamas Hodivala KC (instructed by Gunner Cooke LLP) for the Appellant
Ms Lydia Barnfather (instructed by General Dental Council) for the Respondent
Hearing dates: 21 November 2023
Approved Judgment
This judgment was handed down remotely at 10.30am on 31 January 2024 by circulation to the parties or their representatives by e-mail and by release to the National Archives.
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MRS JUSTICE HEATHER WILLIAMS
MRS JUSTICE HEATHER WILLIAMS
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- Introduction
- Facts and circumstances and the PCC’s findings
- The GDS contract and FP17
- The charges and the outcomes
- The evidence before the PCC
- The evidence, submissions and ruling in relation to Schedule C
- The submissions and the legal advice received
- The PCC’s ruling
- The PCC’s reasoning in respect of the material charges
- Charge 3
- Charge 4(c)
- Charge 4(e)(1)
- Charge 5(b)
- Charge 5(c)
- Charge 5(g)
- Charge 6(a)
- Charges 6(b)(2) and 6(e)
- Charge 6(f)
- Charge 7(a)
- Charges 7(b) – 7(g)
- Charge 17(b)
- The legal framework
- Dishonesty
- Hearsay evidence
- The Appellant’s submissions
- Ground 2
- Charge 5(g)
- Charge 17(b)
- Discussion and conclusions
- The PCC’s exercise of its discretion
- Ground 2
- Charge 5(g)
- Charge 17(b)
- Conclusions