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Jeremy Hunt acted illegally and beyond his powers by deciding to impose a new contract on NHS junior doctors, the high court has been told in a legal challenge to the health secretary’s handling of the year-long dispute.
The court on Monday began a two-day judicial review of the legal challenge to Hunt brought by five junior doctors.
Their group, Justice for Health, claims that the health secretary has acted ultra vires (beyond his powers)by choosing to force new terms and conditions on 54,000 trainee medics in England despite their overwhelming opposition.
A barrister leading Hunt’s legal team told the judge, Mr Justice Green, that there was no evidence that NHS employers did not want the contract and that the claim was “wholly without substance”.
https://www.theguardian.com/society...illegally-junior-doctors-contract-court-hears
The court on Monday began a two-day judicial review of the legal challenge to Hunt brought by five junior doctors.
Their group, Justice for Health, claims that the health secretary has acted ultra vires (beyond his powers)by choosing to force new terms and conditions on 54,000 trainee medics in England despite their overwhelming opposition.
A barrister leading Hunt’s legal team told the judge, Mr Justice Green, that there was no evidence that NHS employers did not want the contract and that the claim was “wholly without substance”.
https://www.theguardian.com/society...illegally-junior-doctors-contract-court-hears