1 Dec 2022
EDWARDS v A PROFESSIONALCONDUCT COMMITTEE [2022] NZHC 3189
- Citation
- [2022] NZHC 3189
- Court
- High Court
On the rehearing the Court concluded the Tribunal was entitled to prefer the independent expert evidence and to admit key hearsay material under the Tribunal's residual discretion; multiple particulars of malpractice, negligence and professional misconduct were established (notably endoscopic surgery without consent, causing serious harm through inappropriate or substandard surgical techniques, and modification of clinical records); those findings justified disciplinary sanction including censure and cancellation of the appellant's registration as a podiatric surgeon, while certain lesser par…