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Professional ConductComplaints against the general and vascular surgeon arose in part from procedures carried out more than five years before the complaints. In refusing to stay the disciplinary proceedings the registrar had erred because there were no exceptional circumstances requiring an investigation in the public interest outside the normal time limit. The council had no power to re-open a previously closed complaint. Even if it had the power to re-open a complaint that power had to be exercised fairly and reasonably.
