We have another interesting professional regulatory judgment from the Administrative Court in the form of GMC v Awan [2020] EWHC 1553 (Admin) (17 June). This provides us with a further helpful reminder of a number of central principles including those underlying the approach to be taken by a tribunal when setting out the reasons underlying a decision.
Mostyn J states:
“I remind myself that I should not expect the same standards of literary expression as those found in perfectly polished judgments from the Supreme Court. Phipps v General Medical Council [2006] EWCA Civ 397 establishes the proposition that the Tribunal is under no obligation to record in its reasons every point in favour of the doctor in the evidence it has heard and read. To my mind the best exposition of this principle was given by Sir James Munby P in Re F (Children) [2016] EWCA Civ 546”
A copy of the judgment can be found at: https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2020/1553.html