“…de to his application. Sir Brian Leveson P said in paragraph 33 that a passage from R (Redgrave) v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [2003] EWCA Civ 4, [2003] 1 WLR 1136 “cannot be considered authority, if it ever was, for the proposition that it would necessarily be an abuse of process to bring disciplinary proceedings against…”
“…994] 1 WLR 512, at 518F-H; Ziderman v General Dental Council [1976] 1 WLR 330 at 333; R (Redgrave) vCommissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2003] EWCA Civ 4, [2003] 1 WLR 1136 at [38]. As Laws LJ said in Raschid (at [18]) the Tribunal is concerned with the reputation or standing of the profession rather than the punishment of the doc…”
“…is no bar to the bringing of disciplinary proceedings in respect of the same charge: R (Redgrave) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2003] EWCA Civ 4, [2003] 1 WLR 1136. The purpose of professional disciplinary proceedings is not to punish but to protect the public, to maintain public confidence in the integrity of the profess…”