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Neutral Citation Number: [2025] EWHC 2075 (Admin)
Case No: AC-2024-LON-001145
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
KING’S BENCH DIVISION
ADMINISTRATIVE COURT
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Date: 04 August 2025
Before :
MRS JUSTICE FARBEY DBE
Between :
(1) DR BELINDA AGOE (2) DR KAUSAR ALI | Appellants |
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GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL | Respondent |
Oluwaseyi Ojo of Taylor Wood Solicitors for the Appellants
Rory Dunlop KC (instructed by GMC) for the Respondent
Hearing date: 18 June 2025
Approved Judgment
This judgment was handed down remotely at 2:30 pm on 4 August 2025 by circulation to the parties or their representatives by e-mail and by release to the National Archives.
- Heading
- Mrs Justice Farbey DBE
- Anonymity
- Legal framework for appeals
- The EA 2010
- Factual background
- The GMC proceedings: interim stages
- The first set of judicial review proceedings: decision by Eyre J
- The common allegations
- Additional allegations against the first appellant
- Additional allegations against the second appellant
- The course of the proceedings
- The abuse of process decision
- Adjournment
- The second set of judicial review proceedings: decision of Mr Paul Bowen KC
- The MPTS proceedings: Part 2
- The first appellant
- The second appellant
- Dr Strommer’s position
- Grounds 1-5: The effect of the previous judicial review proceedings
- Res judicata: legal framework
- The appellants’ submissions
- The respondent’s submissions
- Discussion
- Grounds 1-5 : The abuse of process decision
- Grounds 2, 4 and 5
- Ground 6
- Appeal against sanction: Grounds 7 and 8
- Conclusions