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Disciplinary Hearings
Disciplinary Hearings are the culmination of the RCVS complaints procedure.
The RCVS Disciplinary Committee (DC) follows court procedures and complaints must be proved to the highest civil standard of proof - 'so as to be sure'. New Disciplinary Guidance (PDF 215Kb) was issued in December 2007 and is used as an aid to decision making at Disciplinary Hearings
If you are attending a hearing as a witness, or would like an overview of the procedure of a Disciplinary Hearing you can download and read the Witness Information Pack. (PDF 108Kb)
If found guilty of serious professional misconduct and ordered to be suspended or struck off the Register, a veterinary surgeon may appeal to the Privy Council within 28 days. If appealed, the order does not take effect unless and until it is upheld by the Privy Council.
The press is notified of any hearings due to take place and an official announcement appears in The Veterinary Record. The hearings are generally conducted in public and reported by the press.
The outcomes of disciplinary hearings are also recorded in the RCVS Annual Report. Veterinary surgeons who have appeared before the DC during the last three years are as follows:
2006 2007 2008
2010
February 2010
Mr Russell L Oakes - 5 February 2010 - announcement, decision and press release
Mr James A Lockyear - 2 February 2010 - announcement, findings, decision on sanction and press release
January 2010
Mr Leslie HIGGOTT - 15 January 2010 - annoucement, decision and press release
Mr Robert W MORRIS - 7 January 2010 - announcement, decision and press release
Miss Judith L KAY - 5 January 2010 - announcement, decision and press release
2009
October 2009
Mr John B WILLIAMS - 26 October 2009 - announcement, decision and press release
September 2009
Mr Peter G HANLON - 17 September 2009 - decision and press release
Mrs Silke B LINDRIDGE - 8 September 2009 - announcement, findings, decision on sanction and press release
July 2009
Miss Judith Lesley KAY - 17 July 2009 - announcement, decision on restoration, undertakings and press release
Mr Andrew Dominic ILLING - 13 July 2009 - announcement, judgment, decision on sanction, press release and clarification
June 2009
Ms Eleri Wyn JONES - 18 June 2009 - announcement, findings, decision on sanction and press release
May 2009
Mr Kfir SEGEV - 19 May 2009 - findings, decision on misconduct, decision on sanction and press release
April 2009
Mr Joseph HOLMES - 30 April 2009 - announcement, judgment (and undertakings) and press release
March 2009
Mr Kfir SEGEV - 23 March 2009 - announcement, direction
Note: This hearing will now resume on 18 May 2009
February 2009
Dr Janos NEMETH - 23 February 2009 - announcement, charges, judgement and press release
Note: Dr Nemeth's appealed to the Privy Council against this decision. This appeal was struck out in September 2009 and so Dr Nemeth's name has now been removed from the Register.Mr Seamus Michael FEGAN - 26 February 2009 - announcement, decision and press release
January 2009
Mr Iwan Wyn PARRY - 26 January 2009 - announcement, charges, findings, judgment, press release
2008
November 2008
- Mr Kfir SEGEV - 10 November - announcement, charges, adjournment
Note: This hearing will now resume on 23 March 2009
October 2008
- Mr Lyndon Arthur BASHA - 3 October - announcement, final decision on sanction and press release
September 2008
- Mr William Angus BAIRD - 4 September - findings (PDF 107Kb), press release
July 2008
Mr Leslie HIGGOTT - 29 July - findings on decision (PDF 90Kb) and findings on sanction (PDF 67Kb), press release
Note: This hearing was resumed from May 2008, see below.
June 2008
Mr Marthinus R BOTES and Mr Marius R LOUW - 16 June - announcement, findings (Mr Botes), judgment (Mr Botes), findings (Mr Louw) and press release.
May 2008
Mr Leslie HIGGOTT - 2 May - findings and press release
Note: This hearing resumed on Monday 28th July and Tuesday 29th July 2008 - see above.
April 2008
- Mr Russell L OAKES - 18 April - announcement, press release
February 2008
- Mr Joseph L HOLMES - 25 February - announcement, judgment on sanction and press release
January 2008
Miss Judith KAY - 28 January - announcement, decision and press release
2007
December 2007
- Mr Paul A EVANS - 12 December - announcement, charge, findings, judgment and press release
- Mr William W SIM - 10 December - announcement, findings and decision and press release
November 2007
- Mr John B WILLIAMS - 12 November 2007 - announcement, charge, findings, judgment and press release
Note: Mr Williams made an appeal to the Privy Council about the Disciplinary Committee decision, but this was dismissed at a hearing on 9 June 2008 - press release.
October 2007
- Mr Robert W MORRIS - 1 October 2007 - findings, judgment and press release
September 2007
- Mr Peter G HANLON - 13 September 2007 - announcement, decision and press release
- Mr Mark D HINDS - 10 September 2007 - announcement, charge, decision and press release
- Mr Maurice J KIRK - 6 September 2007 - announcement
Note: This hearing has now been removed from the list. (4 September 2007) - Dr Reza D'EHGHANI - 3 September 2007 - announcement, charges and findings and press release
July 2007
- Mr William Angus BAIRD - 19 July 2007 - announcement, charge, findings and press release
- Dr Reza D'EHGHANI - 16 July 2007 - announcement
Dr D'Ehghani successfully applied for an adjournment. The hearing resumed on 3 September (see above).
June 2007
- Mr Paul Mark HALLUM - 18 June 2007 - announcement, charge, findings and press release
May 2007
- Miss Margarida DOS SANTOS CORREIA - 24 May 2007 - charge, findings and press release
- Mr Ranes Kumar SANYAL- 21 May 2007 - decision, press release
April 2007
- Mr Robert William MORRIS - 30 April 2007 - announcement, decision
March 2007
- Mr Mpho Donald LESOLLE- 12 March 2007 - announcement, amended charges, findings, judgment and press release
February 2007
- Mr Lodewijk E A DE SMET- 26 February 2007 - announcement, charges, findings, decision and press release
- Mr Ranes Kumar SANYAL - 6 February 2007 - announcement
Note: At the request of his Counsel, Mr Sanyal's application for restoration was adjourned today [6 February 2007] until such time as Mr Sanyal applies for the hearing to be resumed. - Mr Michael Mario McCARTHY - 1 February 2007 - announcement, amended charges, findings, judgment and press release
January 2007
- Dr John Alan WALKER - 29 January 2007 - announcement, amended charges, findings, judgment and press release
The Privy Council heard an appeal against the decision of the Disciplinary Committee on 30 October 2007. Although it upheld the Disciplinary Committee's finding of Serious Professional Misconduct, it reduced the sentence to a six-month suspension. You can read about the Privy Council's decision here or in our press release. - Miss Judith Lesley KAY - 26 January 2007 - announcement, decision and press release
2006
December 2006
- Mr John Francis McKENNA - 12 December 2006 - announcement, charges,Statement from Martyn Jones MP, findings and reasons, judgment and press release
- Miss Judith Lesley KAY - 11 December 2006 - announcement, charges, findings and press release
November 2006
- Mr Lyndon Arthur BASHA - 10 November 2006 - announcement of resumed Inquiry, decision and press release
- Mr William Wylie SIM - 9 November 2006 - announcement of resumed Inquiry, judgment and press release
Note: Mr Sim was given until 14 December 2006 to lodge an appeal against the Direction of the Disciplinary Committee on 9 November 2006 to remove his name from the Register. No appeal was lodged by Mr Sim and, accordingly, his name was removed from the Register with effect from 15 December 2006. - Mr Robert William MORRIS - 6 November 2006 - announcement
Note: This inquiry has been postponed until 30 April 2007 - a formal announcement will be posted in due course.
October 2006
- Mr Maurice John KIRK - 6 October 2006 - announcement, Committee's advice, judgment and press release
- Mr Joseph Lennox HOLMES - 2 October 2006 - announcement, amended charges, findings of fact, judgment and press release
September 2006
- Mr Lyndon Arthur BASHA - 4 September 2006 - announcement, charges, findings of fact, findings of disgraceful conduct, adjournment and press release
Note: This hearing resumed on 10 November 2006 - see above
May 2006
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