Dr Hibbert, the much maligned family court expert whose odd methods of practice at his clinic were noted both by patients and members of staff has lost his two-year battle to publicise a former patient’s medical records.
In his judgment, President of the Family Division Justice Munby sets out the rules on doctor-patient confidentiality and offers a robust summary of policy, common law, human rights law and family law on the matter. It’s a thorough judgment and a must-read.
The reasons for Dr Hibbert’s application for full-scale disclosure of the mother’s records are not lost on Munby either, and he makes short shrift of them. Munby rightly notes that actions which entail a desire to address damage to reputation allegations, Hibbert’s contention as the mother told her story to the press and openly criticised his practice and care of her, must be made in libel, not via the Family Court. And he goes on to detail the odd and winding saga of Dr Hibbert’s requests to publicise sensitive personal documents, a list which gets smaller and less sure of itself as proceedings wear on.
The judgment does a wonderful job of reinforcing the law on patient confidentiality and sends out a warning – the Family Court will not tolerate applications made in vanity, or to vindicate reputation.
(To view the judgment added below, please click on an image and a scrolling menu will appear which will allow you to view the pages in a larger size).
miss a said:
thanks natasha for publishing this now he has to pay my legal teams costs 😀
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Roger Crawford said:
Well done, Miss A., and thank you to Natasha for letting us all know this. Perhaps we can now cease to call Dr. Hibbert an ‘expert’? Egoistical charlatan perhaps?
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nojusticeforparents said:
i have no doubt he will be back for revenge x
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Natasha said:
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nojusticeforparents said:
he wont bother doing a libel he has no leg to stand on i complained about misdiagnosis fact and journalists wrote their stories from court reports fact he knows it thats why he tried to go back door of family courts
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nojusticeforparents said:
note : no evidence was sought to say i had mistreated or abused my child
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nojusticeforparents said:
misleading allegations for sure lol they were medical papers i gave to
press
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Dana said:
I’m glad that Mumby saw through what Hibbert was trying to do and didn’t subject the victim to any more grief!
Hibbert should be barred from practising and his past cases should be scrutinised. If he was so cocksure of the outcome of this case I would bet he has intimidated others and got, for him, the desired results.
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Roger Crawford said:
Perhaps we can also cease to say that he is ‘much maligned’? This intimates, to me, that he has been unjustly criticised. He’s been ‘exposed’.
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nojusticeforparents said:
ahahahaha took a while but now hes bankrupt
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arsoninformer said:
Unfortunately the whole family court system is oriented towards ‘false positives’ i.e. being very prepared to wrongly take a child into ‘care’. This is ostensibly to combat ‘false negatives’ such as failing to remove Victoria Climbie and Baby P. from abusers. The difficult cases however are in reality ignored as the vested interests are too busy ‘pouncing’ on vulnerable targets. Due to the lucrative financial rewards and lack of ‘sanctions’ (not even Dr Hibbert was disciplined or struck off!) many of those ‘party to proceedings’ or acting as ‘Court Appointed Experts’ brazenly smuggle children away from loving and competent parents. You will find a particularly chilling example on Maggie’s site:
http://www.childrenscreamingtobeheard.com/inadequate-psychological-assessments-family-courts-poor-psychometrics/
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nojusticeforparents said:
i wish to thank natasha and the readers for all the positive support over the year x kept me going x
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Natasha said:
Very many thanks NJFP, we’re so relieved by the present judgment and wish you much happiness moving forward xxx
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nojusticeforparents said:
Its still not over my solicitors of three yrs trying to sue him but he is a bad man and im humbled by the support people have given me much love x
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Natasha said:
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daveyone1 said:
Reblogged this on World4Justice : NOW! Lobby Forum..
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[Name Withheld] said:
I was here and was failed my assessment I was in mother and baby unit In cardiff before here and in hospital for 8 weeks after birth all them represent said I was taking good care of my baby and didn’t have any concerns I was expected to carry mu baby and use a Henry hoover on the status all at the same time another resident had a breakdown whist I was there e she was still passing her assessment have so much to say if anyone wants to contact me please do [edited] ill be happy to talk about my experience at tadpole cottage and the corruption there please email
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Natasha said:
Hi there, thank you for your post and we’re sorry to hear about your experience. For legal reasons we’ve had to edit out your name and email address, however if people would like to contact you, they can reply to your comment and we can forward on your details. Thanks.
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Natasha said:
Hi again, one of the mums who is taking part in a class action against Dr Hibbert has asked me to suggest getting in touch with Farleys solicitors as they are handling the claim. https://www.farleys.com/ xxx
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Natasha said:
Best person to contact is Paul Corrigan at Farleys.
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