KB-2023-003302 - [2025] EWHC 1628 (KB)

The Claimant is a psychotherapist who was registered with the Defendant, the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy ("UKCP"), from 2002 until that registration was terminated, in the circumstances set out below. He brings a claim against the Defendant for breach of contract. The claim focuses on two decisions: the decision of the Adjudication Panel to remove the Claimant from the UKCP register, and the subsequent decision of the Appeal Panel to uphold that removal.

The Claimant was represented at the hearing before me (as he was in the proceedings before the panels of the UKCP) by Simon Butler. The Defendant was represented by Farrah Mauladad KC, who did not appear before either of the panels of the UKCP. I am grateful to each of them for their clear and succinct submissions. Their efficiency enabled us to conclude a hearing, listed for 2 days, in one day.

I heard live evidence, very briefly, from the Claimant. He was cross-examined in relation to his relationship with Dr Wilkinson. Nothing came out of that cross-examination that added materially to the documentary evidence and so I say no more about it.