High Court directs that a judicial review action concerning the refusal to issue a certificate of satisfactory completion of specialist training and the compatibility of the training regime with EU law and the Irish Constitution will proceed as a plenary hearing with oral evidence, acknowledging the complexity and technical nature of the evidence, as well as the existence of a significant factual dispute regarding the training received by non-consultant hospital doctors.
Judicial review - plenary hearing - oral evidence - cross-examination - certificate of satisfactory completion - specialist training - EU Directive - Irish Constitution - non-consultant hospital doctors - procedural safeguards - Order 84 of the Rules of the Superior Courts (RSC) - factual dispute - case management - sufficient interest (locus standi) - time-limit - public law proceedings - private law proceedings - Directive 2005/36/EC - professional qualifications - training regime.