Are doctors innocent until proven guilty? As a basic right, you would hope so

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Are doctors innocent until proven guilty? As a basic right, you would hope so

Gaeline Phipps

Gaeline Phipps

Blind justice
The Medical Council’s Complaints Triage team decided, of its own volition, to refer the matter to police

Medical Council handling of a case and the conditions placed on a doctor accused of inappropriate sexual behaviour by a patient are looked at here by Wellington barrister Gaeline Phipps

An appeal decision highlights the importance of the basic right to the presumption of innocence. On Saturday 4 November 2017, a patient (“the com­plai