Dr. Waney Squier: U.K. Major Development; She has been reinstated, the BBC reports. Bulletin..." A High Court judge cleared Dr Waney Squier of dishonesty and said there were significant flaws in the medical tribunal's findings against her. But he added that her actions did amount to serious professional misconduct. She will not be allowed to give expert evidence in court for three years. The paediatric neuropathologist had acted as an expert witness in six cases, including the deaths of four babies and a 19-month-old child. She disputed the existence of shaken baby syndrome - brain trauma caused by violently shaking an infant - and in each case said the evidence was not consistent with non-accidental injury and was more likely to be caused by other means. Dr Squier has argued that she has been scapegoated for challenging the mainstream view."

PUBLISHER'S  NOTE:  It is good news that Dr. Squier has been reinstated, but it's too bad that the tribunal is throwing a sop to the medical profession by  maintaining that  her actions did amount to serious professional misconduct. This is most unfair to the public in the U.K. who will, unless the decision is over-ruled,   be  prevented from giving expert evidence in court for three years. The U.K. is fortunate that Dr. Squier plans to return to clinical  work. She is undoubtedly more appreciated in other countries than her own. I will publish the decision as soon as a copy is available.

Harold Levy: Publisher. The Charles Smith Blog.

"A doctor struck off the medical register for the evidence she gave in so-called "shaken baby" cases, has been reinstated. A High Court judge cleared Dr Waney Squier of dishonesty and said there were significant flaws in the medical tribunal's findings against her. But he added that her actions did amount to serious professional misconduct. She will not be allowed to give expert evidence in court for three years. The paediatric neuropathologist had acted as an expert witness in six cases, including the deaths of four babies and a 19-month-old child. She disputed the existence of shaken baby syndrome - brain trauma caused by violently shaking an infant - and in each case said the evidence was not consistent with non-accidental injury and was more likely to be caused by other means. Dr Squier has argued that she has been scapegoated for challenging the mainstream view. In March, a Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) hearing concluded she had been dishonest, dogmatic, and misleading in her evidence in those cases. She has since been suspended from her post at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital. But in his ruling the judge, Mr Justice Mitting, found there were significant flaws in the tribunal's findings. He concluded that Dr Squier had gone beyond her expertise and also misrepresented some research, but said her views were honestly held. The doctor, who has always denied any wrongdoing, says she is pleased to be able to return to her clinical work."
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-37861618

 See 'Times' story at the link below: "The General Medical Council was accused of behaving like a “21st- century inquisition” when it brought the case against Dr Squier this year. Twenty-five leading legal and medical figures, including the human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith and Michael Mansfield, QC, signed a letter calling the decision a “sad day for science”.  Second opinions:  In the 2007 case of a baby boy aged eight months whose mother was found responsible for causing his death, Waney Squier said that the head injuries could have be caused by a “low-level fall”. In 2009 she gave evidence in a case involving the death of a ten-month-old baby who died of head injuries. Dr Squier concluded that the baby’s injuries could have been from accidentally choking. Giving evidence in the 2005 case of two-month-old baby who died of head injury and was taken to a doctor’s surgery by his father, Dr Squier said that paediatric HIV encephalitis may have been the cause of the child’s severe brain damage."
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/doctor-banned-over-shaken-baby-evidence-wins-back-her-licence-5czdnqvtj