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Topic

Dangerous drugs record-keeping

Legal area

Court

30 May 1996

LAI CHUNG LIM PETER v. THE MEDICAL COUNCIL OF HONG KONG

Citation

LAI CHUNG LIM PETER v. THE MEDICAL COUNCIL OF HONG KONG
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACV10/1996

The Court upheld the Medical Council's exercise of discretion: a conviction under the Dangerous Drugs Regulations permits the Council to remove a practitioner's name under s.21; given the public interest and the Council's assessment of the gravity of breaches of dangerous drugs record-keeping, the three-month removal was not plainly inappropriate and the appeal must be dismissed.
15 Dec 1995

DR. MAO CHUN TING v. THE MEDICAL COUNCIL OF HONG KONG

Citation

DR. MAO CHUN TING v. THE MEDICAL COUNCIL OF HONG KONG
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACV182/1995

The Council's blanket refusal to accept mitigation for non-compliance with the statutory form, given the appellant's accurate contemporaneous records, plausible ignorance of precise formal requirements and subsequent compliance, rendered the three-month removal disproportionate; the Court varied the order by suspending removal for two years conditional on no further professional misconduct.