R (on the application of Adesina and others) v Nursing and Midwifery Council [2013] EWCA Civ 818, [2013] All ER (D) 112 (Jul)
The claimants were both nurses who had sought to bring an appeal against a disciplinary decision of the defendant Nursing and Midwifery Council (the NMC) under Art 29(9) of the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001 (SI 2002/253). Both claimants sought to appeal outside of the 28 day time limit set out in the Order. The judge held that both claimants’ appeals were time-barred. The claimants appealed. The Court of Appeal held that it was established law that where a right of appeal was provided, it had to be compliant with Art 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights and that the rights enshrined in Art 6 might be subject to limitations but such limitations were not to restrict or reduce the access left to the individual in such a way or to such an extent that the very essence of the right was impaired. Although there were differences between extradition appeals and appeals in disciplinary or regulatory cases, they were not sufficient to leave the
