Controversial GP Louise Newson loses High Court bid over expulsion from British Menopause Society

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Louise Newson, a prominent GP specializing in menopause, lost a High Court bid to challenge her expulsion from the British Menopause Society. The court ruled the society is not subject to judicial review as its authority derives from voluntary contracts, though expressed concerns about procedural unfairness and bias during her expulsion process.

Louise Newson, a high profile GP who runs a network of private menopause clinics, has been refused permission to seek judicial review over her expulsion from the British Menopause Society (BMS).In a case heard in the High Court, Newson’s legal team argued that the expulsion was unlawful, procedurally unfair, and tainted by bias and predetermination.Her team cited internal BMS emails that described Newson as presenting herself as a “latter day saint, doing for menopause what Joan of Arc did for the French getting rid of the English nearly 600 years ago.”However, Judge Jonathan Moffett KC held that, as the BMS derived its authority from a voluntary contractual relationship with members rather than statute, it was therefore not amenable to judicial review.But he was also critical of aspects of the process, saying that there was an “obvious case of unfairness and apparent bias” and that, had it not been for his...