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King's / Queen's Bench Division of the High Court
KB-2023-003302 - [2025] EWHC 1628 (KB)
Fecha: 27-Jun-2025
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Neutral Citation Number: [2025] EWHC 1628 (KB)
Case No: KB-2023-003302
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
KING'S BENCH DIVISION
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Date: 27 June 2025
Before :
Rory Dunlop KC
Between :
NEALE HADDON | Claimant |
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UNITED KINGDOM COUNCIL FOR PSYCHOTHERAPY | Defendant |
Simon Butler and Atanas Angelov (instructed by BSG Solicitors) for the Claimant
Farrah Mauladad KC (instructed by Clyde & Co) for the Defendant
Hearing dates: 7 June 2025
JUDGMENT
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- Rory Dunlop KC, sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge
- The contract
- Implied terms
- Factual Background
- The allegations and documentary evidence before the Adjudication Panel at the start of the hearing
- The hearing before the Adjudication Panel – Day 1 and fact-finding
- Day 2 – the findings on the allegations and the submissions on misconduct and impairment
- The Adjudication Panel decision on misconduct and impairment
- Day 3 and the decision on sanction
- The Appeal
- The pleaded claim
- Legal framework
- Submissions
- Discussion
- The first issue – the conclusion that the hug was sexually motivated
- The second issue – the treatment of the evidence as to insight, remediation and risk of repetition, including the evidence of Dr Wilkinson
- The third issue - sanction
- Conclusions