“…In Ashraf v General Dental Council [2014] EWHC 2618 (Admin), [2014] ICR 1244, Dr Ashraf, a dental practitioner, had applied to stay disciplinary proceedings against him on the strength of the fact that a criminal prosec…”
“…He also noted (at [32]), citing R (Redgrave) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2003] EWCA Civ 4, [2003] 1 WLR 136 and Ashraf v General Dental Council [2014] EWHC 2618 (Admin), [2014] ICR 1244, that the fact that parallel criminal proceedings resulted in an acquittal does not of itself give rise to res judicata, and neither does it m…”
“… police force and the public confidence in it or the need for public protection: cf the example given by Sir Brian Leveson P in Ashraf v General Dental Council [2014] EWHC 2618 (Admin) at [35].…”