5
GMC Fails on Child Abuse 
Paediatrians say General Medical Council (GMC) does not understand child protection work, policies out of step with practices and regulation, Southall and Meadow cases discouraging doctors from speaking out 02.04.07 Guardian, Children in Care, Children's Rights, Roy Meadow Case
Sally Clark Died Last Night Sally Clark, solicitor who was jailed for killing two of her children on evidence of pediatrician Roy Meadow, eventually freed on appeal, died last night aged 41 having 'never got over' the trauma 17.03.07 BBC, Guardian, Guardian, Legal People, Roy Meadow Case
Medical Witness Kept Records Secret Cases involving testimony of consultant paediatrician prof David Southall are to be reviewed, suspended in 2004 for accusing Stephen Clark of murder on basis of TV show, alleged to have kept secret records of 4450 cases, suspicion of improper disclosure 21.02.07 Telegraph, Attorney General Press Release, Medical Law, Expert Witness
New System for Expert Witnesses Chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson is proposing centralised register for doctors giving expert testimony to family courts, National Knowledge Service would be run through the NHS 30.10.06 BBC, Criminal Justice, Expert Witness, Family Law, Medical Law
ID Card Plans Likely to Fail Senior civil servants David Foord at IGC and Peter Smith at IPS admit ID card scheme is 'set to fail', may be 10 - 15 yrs before full plans are rolled out Sunday Times Leaked emails 10.07.06 Sunday Times, ID Cards, Terror
Immunity for Expert Witnesses Att Gen Goldsmith will testify today in Appeal brougnt by GMC to protect right of professional regulatory bodies to discipline expert witnesses who give flawed evidence 10.07.06 Guardian, Expert Witness, Roy Meadow Case
Meadows Appeal Justice Collins says media 'unfair' to Roy Meadows, he was not 'cause' of miscarriages in infant death cases, appeal against GMC decision to strike him off 24.01.06 Guardian, Expert Witness, Roy Meadow Case
Cannings Cases Despite wide remit from Appeal Ct, inhibiting prosecutions where only evidence is two conflicting expert witnesses, only two convictions have been quashed as result of Cannings judgment 09.01.06 Guardian, Expert Witness, Roy Meadow Case
Expert Witnesses Senior doctors warn that the Meadows case is discouraging doctors from testifying and leaving children at risk of abuse 05.01.06 Guardian, Expert Witness, Paedophilia
Shaken Baby Appeal Ct overturns three shaken baby convictions, refuses fourth, rejects 'Geddes theory' which contends symptoms are consistent with other causes of death, closes way for hundreds more appeals 22.07.05 Times
