Dr Andrew Wakefield, The MPS and RadcliffesLeBrasseur

As you know Dr Andrew Wakefield, of MMR fame, is the centre of attention in a Professional Conduct hearing at the GMC at the moment. The MPS as ever are in Dr Wakefield's corner. Why wouldn't they be as his defence body? However, who else is in the corner with them? Dr Dudley appears to be. It was him who supported the disatrous attempt by RadcliffesLeBrasseur to issue proceedings for defamation against Brian Deer, the Sunday Times Journalist, and Channel Four. Having issued proceedings RadcliffesLeBrasseur then used the writ as an instrument to force small newspapers, such as the Cambridge Evening News, to back off printing any story about Dr Wakefield. Mr Justice Eady eventually found them out and Andrew Wakefield had to drop his case and RadcliffesLeBrasseur and the MPS had to pay up. The question is has that deterred them from still batting on a sticky wicket for Andrew Wakefield? Perhaps not, for Robert Vallings a partner at RadcliffesLeBrasseur has recently written a letter to his own regulatory body, who are investigating Ralph Shipway, another of RadcliffesLeBrasseur's solicitors, stating that Dr Surendra Kumar will be the first witness to vouch for RadcliffesLeBrasseur. You may ask who is Dr Surendra Kumar apart from being the chairman of BAIPO. He is the chairman of the GMC's own professional conduct panel which is sitting to determine the fate of Dr Andrew Wakefield. If Robert Vallings is correct in his assertion then that suggests that the MPS and RadcliffesLeBrasseur have also managed to get Dr Surendra Kumar in Andrew Wakefield's corner. This panel is compromised.