I continue my fight in London, on the 16th June for my right to 'practice veterinary surgery' against the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.
I'm fighting this battle because I have been struck off as a vet for seven years, today, on the argument that my attitude towards authority reflects on my professional ability to care for sick animals. No veterinary surgeon has ever been put before a court on such an argument when no evidence was tendered by the prosecution suggesting malpractice. To the contrary, Their Lordships at the Privy Council Appeal, on the 19th January 2004 made the point that my record as a veterinary surgeon was exemplary.
The RCVS demand that I except the convictions obtained by the South Wales Police were correct before I can be reinstated as a veterinary surgeon. But since I did not commit the offences submitted to the court by the police it would be dishonest just to placate the politics behind this.
For those who would like to follow the details of the case at this point in time please download the file here.
Maurice