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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, Sudden Infant Death
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, Infant Death, Legal People
Immunity for Expert Witnesses
Att Gen Goldsmith tells Appeal Ct that it is not for judges to be 'gatekeepers' for professional bodies, public needed assurance that expert witnesses have confidence of their profession 11.07.06 Times, Expert Witness, Professional Negligence
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, Infant Death
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, Infant Death
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, Infant Death
Roy Meadow
Leading pediatrician and expert witness in infant death cases struck off by GMC, abused his position by giving 'misleading evidence' 18.07.05 Guardian, Expert Witness Links, Infant Death Links
Roy Meadow
Professor admits he has 'no idea' where he got notorious statistic on likelihood of murder in repeated infant death, apologises for distress to mothers 07.07.05 Times, Infant Death Links
Roy Meadow
Medical journal Lancet says Meadow is being made 'scapegoat', failures were not medical but judicial 01.07.05 Expert Witness Links