Case 2301008/2022 · Employment Tribunal

(1) Dr Seamina Khan (2) Mr Idrees Muhammad v General Medical Council — 2023

Case reference: 2301008/2022
Decision date: 10 March 2023
Jurisdiction: England & Wales
Judge: Employment Judge Fowell Date

Indexed: 20 May 2026

Parties

2 named

Claimant

(1) Dr Seamina Khan (2) Mr Idrees Muhammad

Respondent

General Medical Council

Key findings

Tribunal's reasoning

The claim form was submitted on 17 March 2022 by Dr Seamina Khan and also named Mr Idrees Muhammad. The Tribunal found that the basic prescribed information was never submitted on the claim form and no early conciliation certificate number was provided, so no valid claim had been presented. It also noted that no details of any claim by Mr Muhammad were provided and no correspondence was received from him throughout the proceedings.

Dr Khan withdrew her claim on 23 May 2022, and the Tribunal subsequently dismissed her claim on withdrawal. In relation to Mr Muhammad, the Tribunal emailed him on 7 October 2022 asking whether he intended to pursue the claim; Dr Khan replied that he was deceased. The Tribunal said a personal representative could pursue a claim on behalf of a deceased claimant, but no correspondence had been received on Mr Muhammad's behalf, so the claim was struck out for having no reasonable prospects of success and for not having been actively pursued.

Claims and outcomes

2 findings recorded

This case has mixed outcomes under at least one legal claim type. A tribunal can uphold some allegations and dismiss others under the same legal head, so rows below may represent separate issues or allegation groups from the judgment.

Claim type	Issue or finding	Outcome	Protected characteristic	Award
Other	Dr Khan submitted the claim form on 17 March 2022 and later withdrew her claim on 23 May 2022. The Tribunal then dismissed her claim on withdrawal. The reasons state that the basic prescribed information was never submitted and no early conciliation certificate number was provided, so no valid claim was presented. The reasons also refer once to 'Dr Mohammed', which appears to be an inconsistency in the extracted text.	Dismissed	—	—
Other	No details of any claim by Mr Muhammad were provided on the claim form, and no correspondence was received from him during the proceedings. The Tribunal emailed him on 7 October 2022; Dr Khan replied that he was deceased. The Tribunal struck out the claim because it had no reasonable prospects of success and had not been actively pursued. The reasons refer to 'Mr Mohammed' in places, which appears to be an inconsistency in the extracted text.	Struck out	—	—

Official outcome judgment PDF

Gov.uk primary record

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