Read the full judgment text of HCAL 000016/1998 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 23 July 1998.
1. The applicant is a registered medical practitioner. In May 1996 a patient went to consult her at her clinic, and she prescribed for him a number of drugs, one of which contained penicillin. The patient was allergic to penicillin, a fact which had on an earlier occasion been recorded at the clinic. In consequence of this medication he became unwell, and in due course complaints against the applicant were lodged on the patient's behalf with the Medical Council. The Medical Council notified the