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Cases

Wakefield v Channel Four Television & Others (No.3)

Facts

The Claimant in ongoing libel proceedings had disclosed in his list of documents various documents that he had received from the General Medical Council ("GMC") in the course of its investigations of him as part of a fitness to practice inquiry. The Claimant had refused to allow inspection on the grounds that the documents disclosed by the GMC could not be used for any other purpose. On the Defendants' application for inspection, the GMC opposed the application on the grounds that inspection could jeopardise its role and that documents had been obtained either using statutory powers under s.35A Medical Act 1983 or upon the GMC giving assurances that any documents provided would be used only for the purposes of the GMC inquiry.

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