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Matt Hancock has suffered an embarrassing court defeat after his controversial policy on suspending doctors’ pensions was deemed illegal.
The health secretary was granted more power last year to suspend pension benefits to NHS staff charged with a crime, which the High Court has ruled breaches human rights.
The court said the measure was “wrong in principle and inherently unfair”.
Justice Andrews said it is a “fundamental principle that a person facing such criminal charges is presumed innocent until the prosecution has made a jury sure of their guilt”.
She said: “That principle cannot be displaced or watered down.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...harged-crime-high-court-illegal-a9288976.html
The health secretary was granted more power last year to suspend pension benefits to NHS staff charged with a crime, which the High Court has ruled breaches human rights.
The court said the measure was “wrong in principle and inherently unfair”.
Justice Andrews said it is a “fundamental principle that a person facing such criminal charges is presumed innocent until the prosecution has made a jury sure of their guilt”.
She said: “That principle cannot be displaced or watered down.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...harged-crime-high-court-illegal-a9288976.html