The High Court considered whether misconduct, entirely clinical in nature and remediated, could properly give rise to a finding of impairment. The Appellant was found to be impaired solely on the grounds of public interest. Suppertstone J endorsed earlier decisions which emphasised the importance of the public interest in determining impairment. He stated that such a finding could properly be made even where the misconduct was clinical in nature and remediated.
Caoimhe Daly acted for the Registrant in the High Court and her initial hearing before the Conduct and Competence Committee of the Nursing and Midwifery Council.