Judge ruled wrong to hear case from bed during recovery

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 23 Sept, 19:26 · Archive

A court of appeal found a judge wrong to hear a case from bed while recovering from surgery.

Richard Clayton KC, sitting as a deputy high court judge, heard an optician's appeal against a misconduct finding via video link the day after returning from hospital following an operation for a ruptured achilles tendon. The court of appeal determined this was inappropriate.

How it is being reported

• Judge was wrong to hear case from his bed while recovering from surgery, Court of Appeal findsRichard Clayton KC was sitting as a deputy High Court judge when he heard an appeal for a suspended optometrist via video link.Daily Mail · 23 Sept, 19:07
• Judge wrong to hear case from bed while recovering from surgery, court saysRichard Clayton KC had undergone operation for ruptured achilles tendon day before hearing optician’s appeal A judge was wrong to hear a case from his bed via video link while recovering from surgery, the court of appeal has said. Richard Clayton KC, sitting as a deputy high court judge, heard an optician’s appeal against a finding of serious misconduct from bed the day after returning from hospital where he had undergone an operation for a ruptured achilles tendon. Continue reading...The Guardian · 23 Sept, 11:29

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