Disciplinary Committee hearings

Disciplinary Hearings are the culmination of the RCVS concerns procedure.

The RCVS Disciplinary Committee (DC) and Veterinary Nurse Disciplinary Committee (VN DC) follow court procedures. Complaints must be proven to the highest civil standard of proof - 'so as to be sure'. The 'Disciplinary Committee Procedure Guidance' was re-issued in January 2010 and is used as an aid to decision making at Disciplinary Hearings. This guidance document (available to download from the bottom of this page) should be read in conjunction with the 'Disciplinary Committee Manual,' also issued in January 2010.

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' for further information.

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 hearings are generally conducted in public. Veterinary surgeons and RVNs who have appeared before the DC during the last 3 years are as follows:

You can view DC Committee hearings for the last 3 years

2018
2019
2020

2021

Date	Respondent	Documents
04/03/21	X Registered Nurse	Charges Decision Press Release
01/03/21	Fures, Vanja	Charges Decision on Findings of Fact Decision of the Disgraceful Conduct in a Professional Respect Decision of the Disciplinary Committee on the Respondent's Application to Dispose of the Case by Adjournment of the Inquiry and Undertakings Decision on Sanction Press Release
25/02/21	Crawford, Andrew Robert	Decision of the Disciplinary Committee on the Respondent's Application to Dispose of the Case by Adjournment of the Inquiry and Undertakings Undertakings Press Release
20/01/21	Hancock, Karen Tracey	Charges Decision on Findings of Fact Decision on Disgraceful Conduct in a Professional Respect Decision on Sanction Press Release

2020

Date	Respondent	Documents	Notes
14/12/20	Chalkey, David	Charges Decision of the Disciplinary Committee on the Respondent's Application to Dispose of the Case by Adjournment of the Inquiry and Undertakings Press Release
09/12/20	Padron Vega, Laura	Decision of the Disciplinary Committee on Application for Restoration Press release
12/11/20	Dyson, Sue		This hearing began on 12/11/20 and was adjourned on 13/11/20 with a resume date between 28/06/21 - 09/07/21.
02/11/20	Chaney, Paul	Charges Decision on Facts and Disgraceful Conduct in a Professional Respect Decision on Sanction Press release
12/10/20	Lomax, Stephen Kiernan	Charges Decision of the Disciplinary Committee Press release
28/09/20	Wilson, Stephen Cargill	Announcement Charges Decision of the Disciplinary Committee on the Respondent's Application to Dispose of the Case by Adjournment of the Inquiry and Undertakings Undertakings Press release
01/07/20	Seymour-Hamilton, Warwick J.	Decision of the Committee on Application for Restoration Press release
25/06/20	Wood, Simon Peter	Decision on Application for Restoration Press release
15/01/20	Gunn, John	Charges Decision on Facts Disgraceful Conduct in a Professional Respect Decision on Sanction (redacted) Press release
13/01/20	Shah, Rahul Chandulal	Charges Decision on Finding of Facts Decision of the Committee on Disgraceful Conduct Decision of the Committee on the Respondent's Application that He Has No Case to Answer in Relation to Certain Charges Decision of the Committee on Sanctions Press release

2019

Date	Respondent	Documents	Notes
16/12/19	Kombert, Mark	Charges Decision on proceeding in the absence of the respondent Decision on Facts and Disgraceful Conduct Decision on Sanction Press release
25/11/19	Kristin, Roman and Salas Navarro, Javier	Charges Decision on Facts and Conduct Decision on Sanctions Press release
21/11/19	Bacaintan, Andreea Maria	Charges Decision Press release
14/10/19	Irvine, Geoffrey William and Vasilev, Igor Naumov	Charges Decision on Finding of Facts Decision on Disgraceful Conduct Press release
11/10/19	Schulze Allen, Gerhard Heinrich Josef	Decision on Sanction in Relation to Charge Press release
19/08/19	Jones, Michael Richard	Charges Decision on Facts and Disgraceful Conduct (redacted) Decision on Sanction (redacted) Press release
07/08/19	Davies, Lynn Jo Ann	Further Resumed Hearing Decision (redacted) Press release	Please note that sensitive personal data has been redacted from the decision document.
23/07/19	Dhami, Jatinder	Charges Decision as to Facts Decision on Conduct and Sanction Press release
19/07/19	Corsi, Eleonora	Charges Committee Decision Press release
18/06/19	Creese, Julia Louise and Law, Elizabeth Sing May	Charges Decision on Facts Decision on Disgraceful Conduct Decision as to Sanction - Law Press release
30/05/19	Seymour-Hamilton, Warwick J.	Decision on Restoration Application Press release
28/05/19	Doherty, Colm	Charges Decision Press release
20/05/19	Bretman, Georgina Anne (RVN)	Charges Committee Decision Press release
01/05/19	Mulvey, Susan Catherine	Charges Decision Press release	This hearing covered proceedings from the adjourned hearing on 25 April 2018 and new charges against the respondent.
29/04/19	Perez Maillo, Oscar and Rafiq, Zahra Tahneem	Charges Decision on Finding of Facts Decision on Disgraceful Conduct Decision on Sanctioning - Rafiq Press release
17/04/19	Strokowska, Natalia Anna	Final Charges Decision on Facts Decision on Disgraceful Conduct and Sanctioning Press release
01/03/19	Martin, George	Decision on Restoration Application (redacted)
26/02/19	Panait, Simona-Claudia	Charges Conviction Case – Final Decision Press release
21/01/19	Bohnen, Jacqueline	Announcement Charges Decision on Application Decision on Facts Decision on Disgraceful Conduct and Sanctioning Press release
07/01/19	Salas Navarro, Javier and Kristin, Roman	Announcement

2018

Date	Respondent	Documents	Notes
03/12/18	Padron Vega, Laura	Charges Decision on Findings of Fact Decision on Disgraceful Conduct in a Professional Respect Decision on Sanction Press release	This hearing was adjourned in September and resumed on Monday 3 December 2018.
12/11/18	Sutcliffe, Richard John Herbert	Announcement Charges Decision of the Disciplinary Committee Press release
05/11/18	Eccles, David Henry	Announcement Charges Decision on Acceptance of Admissions Decision on Disgraceful Conduct and Sanction Undertakings Press release
29/08/18	Crawford, James Hugh Alexander	Charges Decision of the Disciplinary Committee Press release
22/08/18	Bremner, Donald Stuart	Announcement Charges Decision of the Disciplinary Committee Press release
14/08/18	Smith, John Hendrie	Announcement Charges Findings of Fact Decision on Disgraceful Conduct Decision on Sanction Press release	*Mr Smith lodged an appeal with the Privy Council on 27 November 2018 against the Disciplinary Committee's decision to remove him from the Register. The appeal was subsequently withdrawn and Mr Smith has been removed from the Register.
06/08/18	Thomason, Paul Stuart	Announcement Charges Decision of the Disciplinary Committee Press release
02/08/18	Molnar, Viktor	Announcement Charges Decision of the Disciplinary Committee Press release
30/07/18	Davies, Lynn Jo Ann	Announcement Charges Decision of Disciplinary Committee on Findings of Fact and Disgraceful Conduct in a Professional Respect and Application to Postpone Judgement Announcement (Resumed Hearing) Decision of the Disciplinary Committee Press release	A judgement was postponed by the Disciplinary Committee on 23 January 2018. The hearing resumed 30 July 2018. Please note that sensitive personal data has been redacted from both the decision documents.
24/07/18	Garfield, Laura Jane	Announcement Charges Decision of Veterinary Nurse Disciplinary Committee on Findings of Fact Decision of Veterinary Nurse Disciplinary Committee on Disgraceful Conduct in a Professional Respect and Sanction Press release
16/07/18	Dantas-Holmes, Sarah Lee	Announcement Amended Charges Decision of Disciplinary Committee Press release
10/07/18	Samuel, Gary James Cassius	Announcement Amended Charges Decision of Disciplinary Committee Press release
18/06/18	Kay, Judith Lesley	Announcement Charges Decision of the Disciplinary Committee Press release
04/06/18	Adams, Gary	Announcement Charges Decision on Findings of Fact and Unfitness to Practise and Sanction Press release
31/05/18	Wood, Simon Peter	Announcement Charges Decision on application to hold the hearing in private Decision of the Disciplinary Committee Press release
08/05/18	Elefterescu, Horia Romeo Razvan	Announcement Amended Charges Decision on Bias Decision of the Disciplinary Committee as to the Facts Decision of the Disciplinary Committee as to Disgraceful Conduct and Sanction Press release	Horia Elefterescu lodged an appeal against the Disciplinary Committee's decision to remove his name from the Register with the decision made by the Privy Council on 12 February 2020. Following an unsuccessful appeal Mr Elefterescu has been removed from the Register.

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