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Hollingworth, R (on the application of) v Specialist training Authority of the Medical Rolyal Colleges, Court of Appeal - Administrative Court, June 21, 2002, [2002] EWHC 1214 (Admin)



Royal Courts of Justice
Strand
London WC2A 2LL

Friday, June 21, 2002
Before

MR JUSTICE LAWRENCE COLLINS
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Between
CO4437/2000
THE QUEEN ON THE APPLICATION OF
HOLLINGWORTH
and
THE SPECIALIST TRAINING AUTHORITY
OF THE MEDICAL ROYAL COLLEGES
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CO4666/2001
THE QUEEN ON THE APPLICATION OF
KUNDU
and
THE SPECIALIST TRAINING AUTHORITY
OF THE MEDICAL ROYAL COLLEGES
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CO981/2002
THE QUEEN ON THE APPLICATION OF
KHAN
and
THE SPECIALIST TRAINING AUTHORITY
OF THE MEDICAL ROYAL COLLEGES
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Mr Richard Leiper (instructed by the British Medical Association)) for the Applicants.
Mr Philip Havers QC (instructed by Carter Lemon Camerons for the Respondents.
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Judgment
As Approved by the Court
Crown Copyright ©

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Mr Justice Lawrence Collins:
I Introduction 1. Until 1996 the only statutory requirement for appointment as a consultant in the National Health Service was that the applicant should have been a registered medical practitioner and could satisfy an Advisory Appointments Committee that the applicant met the appropriate standards. Committees convened for this purpose included assessors appointed by the Royal Colleges of Medicine who by convention could not be...
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