It includes in its rules a very explicit validation process at the international level if no action is taken nationally: a public
hearing before a
panel of
independent experts in which the evidence collected
by the Commission is validated and provided with recommendations.
For the appeal it was accepted that there were express terms relating to the disciplinary process and that the contract incorporated the relevant trust disciplinary process, derived from a Department of Health Circular HC (90) 9, and
by virtue of the incorporation of that process Edwards was entitled both to have disciplinary allegations considered
by an
independent three - person
panel with a legally qualified chair and one panelist from the same clinical discipline and legal representation at the
hearing.