In re a Medical Practitioner - [1959] NZLR 301

Medicine, pharmacy and related professions — Medical practitioners — Medical Council — Practitioner acquitted by Jury on Indictment charging Indecent Assault on Patient — Council subsequently charging Him on Same Facts with Infamous Conduct in Professional Respect — Same Parties to Proposed Proceedings before Medical Council as Parties to Indictment — Issue Estoppel — Declaration that Issue of Indecent Assault Res Judicata in Proceedings before Medical Council — Medical Practitioners Act 1950, ss. 43B, 43C, 44 (1) (Medical Practitioners Amendment Act 1957, s. 6)

Administrative law — Medical Council — Charge based on Alleged Crime — Medical Practitioner acquitted by Jury — Parties to Proposed Proceedings on Same Facts before Medical Council on Charge of Infamous Conduct Same as Parties to Indictment — Issue Estoppel — Res Judicata

Estoppel — Issue estoppel — Medical Practitioner acquitted by Jury on Indictment charging Indecent Assault on Patient — Subsequent Action by Medical Council charging Practitioner, on Same Facts, with Infamous Conduct in Professional Respect — Same Parties in Both Proceedings — Declaration that Issue of Indecent Assault Res Judicata in Proposed Proceedings before Medical Council.