Dr Bawa-Garba who was earlier given a life ban from practising medicine by the UK High Court following the prosecution by the medical regulators. On 13 August 2018, the Court of Appeal overturned the ruling of the High Court, stating that the medical regulators were wrong to permanently remove Dr Bawa-Garba from the register. Together with doctors from around the world, we applauded this news as it is grossly unfair to see the way medical regulators penalised doctors without acknowledging the inadequacies of the systems in which they work.
The Federal Court of Australia ordering the CFMMEU, a union-cum-regulator in the construction industry, to pay $ 577,500 for unlawful behaviour. Justice Richard Tracey said the court’s power to impose pecuniary penalties was a discretionary power and rejected the Australian Building and Construction Commission’s submission that they be made. Justice Tracey said the regulator “simply regards itself as free to disobey the law“. “The contravening conduct has continued unabated to a point where there is an irresistible inference that the CFMEU has determined that its officials will not comply with the requirements of the [Fair Work] Act with which it disagrees” Justice Tracey said.
Any disciplinary action taken by AHPRA against anyone based on false and misleading complaints (with hidden secondary agendas) constitutes a form of miscarriage of justice and for which they will be made accountable for their actions under our Australian rule of law.
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