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Administrative law

RA against Scottish Social Services Council

The sheriff refused a statutory appeal against a fitness to practise decision, holding that adjournment and absence complaints failed, and that evidential errors did not vitiate the result.

  • Fitness to practise
  • Adjournment
  • Hearing in absence
  • Witness evidence
  • Reasons for decision
  • Fair hearing
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Administrative law [2026] CSIH 12

Patrick Henry McAuley for leave to appeal a decision of the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (Court of Session)

Patrick Henry McAuley for leave to appeal a decision of the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (Court of Session) [2026] CSIH 12 (17 March 2026)

The court refused leave to appeal against an SLCC eligibility decision, holding the applicant showed no real prospect of success under section 21 of the 2007 Act.

  • Statutory interpretation
  • Professional misconduct
  • Procedural impropriety
  • Standing and interest
  • Human rights act compliance
  • Threshold for complaint eligibility
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Professional regulation [2026] CSIH 13

Patrick Henry McAuley for leave to appeal a decision of the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (Court of Session)

Patrick Henry McAuley for leave to appeal a decision of the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (Court of Session) [2026] CSIH 13 (17 March 2026)

The court granted leave to appeal on one issue about whether correspondence could amount to professional misconduct, and refused permission on all other grounds.

  • Eligibility decisions
  • Professional misconduct
  • Procedural fairness
  • Appeals process
  • Professional-regulation
  • Administrative-law
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Administrative law [2026] CSIH 11

Appeal under section 11 of the Tribunal Inquiries Act 1992 by Sanjit Nandhra against a decision and associated order of the NHS Tribunal dated 12 May 2025 and Lothian Health Board, Fife Health Board and Lanarkshire Health Board (Court of Session)

Appeal under section 11 of the Tribunal Inquiries Act 1992 by Sanjit Nandhra against a decision and associated order of the NHS Tribunal dated 12 May 2025 and Lothian Health Board, Fife Health Board and Lanarkshire Health Board (Court of Session) [2026] CSIH 11 (12 March 2026)

The Inner House refused a dentist’s appeal against NHS Tribunal disqualification, holding his deliberate reduction of patient appointments for financial gain made him unsuitable for NHS dental lists.

  • Nhs tribunal appeals
  • Professional misconduct
  • Disqualification from health service lists
  • Interpretation of statutory schemes
  • Mitigation in professional discipline
  • Nhs-tribunal-appeals
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Professional regulation [2026] ScotIC 030_2026

General Teaching Council for Scotland (Fitness to Teach - allegations of dishonesty)

General Teaching Council for Scotland (Fitness to Teach - allegations of dishonesty) [2026] ScotIC 030_2026 (25 February 2026)

The Scottish Information Commissioner partially upheld allegations of dishonesty against a teacher, finding some conduct substantiated and affecting fitness to teach.

  • Fitness to teach
  • Dishonesty
  • Disciplinary proceedings
  • Fitness-to-teach
  • Disciplinary-proceedings
  • Professional-regulation
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Administrative law [2026] SCDUN 5

Kingsley Aigbe against Scottish Social Services Council (Sheriff Court Civil)

Kingsley Aigbe against Scottish Social Services Council (Sheriff Court Civil) [2026] SCDUN 5 (17 October 2025)

Sheriff Niven-Smith refused an appeal against a fitness-to-practise removal order, holding the panel was entitled to accept corroborated parts of a witness’s evidence.

  • Fitness to practice
  • Evidentiary assessment
  • Burden of proof
  • Sanctions in professional regulation
  • Fitness-to-practice
  • Professional-regulation
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Medical law [2024] CSIH 27

Appeal by Dr Muhammad Rashid Masood against the GMC (Court of Session)

Appeal by Dr Muhammad Rashid Masood against the GMC (Court of Session) [2024] CSIH 27 (17 September 2024)

The Inner House refused a doctor’s appeal against erasure from the medical register, upholding findings of domestic abuse, interference with GMC proceedings, and impairment.

  • Fitness to practise
  • Serious misconduct
  • Domestic abuse
  • Professional standards
  • Sanctions
  • Tribunal appeals
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Professional regulation [2024] ScotSAC Civ 23

MF v SCOTTISH SOCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL

MF v SCOTTISH SOCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL [2024] ScotSAC Civ 23 (27 May 2024)

The Sheriff Appeal Court dismissed MF’s appeal, holding that the Scottish Social Services Council’s decision to remove the appellant from the register was lawful, proportionate, and procedurally fair.

  • Disciplinary proceedings
  • Fitness to practise
  • Appeal procedure
  • Disciplinary-proceedings
  • Fitness-to-practise
  • Appeal-procedure
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Professional regulation [2024] ScotCS CSIH_10

PETITION BY THE SCOTTISH LEGAL COMPLAINTS COMMISSION AGAINST JANE ELIZABETH ROBISON AND ANOTHER

PETITION BY THE SCOTTISH LEGAL COMPLAINTS COMMISSION AGAINST JANE ELIZABETH ROBISON AND ANOTHER [2024] ScotCS CSIH_10 (30 April 2024)

The court declined to find a solicitor in contempt for late compliance with an order, accepting that delay arose from unforeseen access problems, but awarded expenses against her.

  • Solicitor compliance
  • Regulatory obligations
  • Court orders
  • Contempt proceedings
  • Contempt-of-court
  • Professional-regulation
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Medical law [2023] ScotCS CSOH_54

THE GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL FOR EXTENSION IN TERMS OF THE MEDICAL ACT 1983, SECTION 41A(6) AND (7), OF AN INTERIM ORDER IN RESPECT OF B

THE GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL FOR EXTENSION IN TERMS OF THE MEDICAL ACT 1983, SECTION 41A(6) AND (7), OF AN INTERIM ORDER IN RESPECT OF B [2023] ScotCS CSOH_54 (18 August 2023)

The Court of Session extended a GMC interim suspension order against a doctor facing serious terrorism-related charges, finding the extension proportionate and in the public interest.

  • Interim suspension orders
  • Public interest
  • Proportionality
  • Fitness to practise
  • Judicial review
  • Human rights (article 6 echr)
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