Royal Courts of Justice
Before:
SIR WYN WILLIAMS
(Sitting as a Judge of the High Court)
B E T W E E N :
HEALTH AND CARE PROFESSIONS COUNCIL Applicant
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DABI Respondent
MS R SCOTT (instructed by Bircham Dyson Bell) appeared on behalf of the Applicant.
THE RESPONDENT did not attend and was not represented.
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SIR WYN WILLIAMS:
This is an application for an extension to an interim suspension order which has been imposed by the appropriate committee of the claimant. There have been a number of reviews of the interim suspension order, all of which reached the conclusion that the continuation of the order was justified.
I am now asked as a judicial officer to sanction a further extension to the order. I have received appropriate evidence in support in the form of a witness statement from Mr Barwick, dated 14 August 2017, and I have read with care a skeleton argument prepared by Ms Scott, who appears for the applicant.
I am completely satisfied that the criteria which need to be satisfied for the making of an extension exist in this case, and accordingly I make the order which is sought. I have been provided with a draft order. I propose to approve that draft and that will be the order made by the court.
MS SCOTT: I am grateful, my Lord.