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Inability to award costs results in uneven playing field for doctors
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Inability to award costs results in uneven playing field for doctors
Thursday 1 March 2018, 05:58 PM

There is an unequal playing field and a prosecutor against doctors is in a privileged position
Members of the teaching, law and other professions can be awarded costs after unsuccessful cases against them. In this article, Wellington barrister Gaeline Phipps asks the question: “Is it time for a change to the legislative framework for doctors?”
Key points, Awarding costs incurred goes some way to compensate a defendant for being put through unsuccessful proceedings.
Doctors are currently unlikely t
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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