Case archive

• Banerjee v General Medical Council [2006], Nicholas Peacock represented the applicant on his application for restoration to the Medical Register. The application was allowed without any requirement for the applicant to undergo a performance assessment.
• The Kingsway Hospital, Derby Inquest (Sir Richard Rougier sitting as the Deputy Coroner) [2005], David Pittaway QC and Clare Price represented the trust in an inquest where three nurses had been arrested on suspicion of murder, but were not subsequently charged, following the deaths of 26 patients with Alzheimer's Disease in a psychiatric hospital following the withdrawal of food and fluids shortly before their deaths.
• The GMC v Shipman Doctors [2004/5], David Pittway QC and Nicholas Peacock successfully represented GPs and consultants before the GMC Fitness to Practice Panel arising out of criticisms made of them in The Shipman Inquiry Fourth and Fifth Reports.
• The Shipman Inquiry [2002-3], Phase 2 Stage 2, David Pittaway QC acted for four GPs who had signed Form C cremation certificates for Shipman and later for three consultants involved in the case of Ms. Renate Overton. Also instructed to appear on their behalf in Stage 4 of the Inquiry on whistle-blowing and disciplinary procedures.