Show rules LONDON april 15 the high court of appeals the highest legal tribunal in this country and the decrees of chic are not only law in all of the queens dominions but bat are ara asso alzo accepted as established precedents by the tha courts of other countries has laid down the law that if a medical man is a member of a goci society ety and that society establishes a rule that none of its members must advertise virtise ad that rule must bo be strictly observed and followed under penalty of a forfeiture of membership the case came up in the form of an appeal b by y dr john 11 partridge one of the wealthiest oldest and best bes t known dental fit geons in this country against the I 1 action of the general connell of medical education and registration of the united kingdom in having baving removed i his hia name from the list of dirats 1 surgeons on account of his having advertised hi bis a business contrary to the rule of the pro bession bassion las tes sion dr partridge dae had previously brought a fuit bait for damages against th the 1 e I 1 general council and which had been decided adverse to his interests the high court of appeals jiow now holds that the removal of the nane name was justini justified ed and that dr partridge having joined an ignorable Iono rable and registered profesa profession ion pr privileged 11 by an 3 act of parliament should have abided by its rules the decision was a one and the Ala the rolls and lord justice fry lopes indulges in some strong observations ions uns regarding advertising by physicians surgeons burgeons ind and dentists As a result of this decision dr partridge will be liable to a euit eveir eveia time he attempts to practice his profession i owing to the fact that be is no lonzer longer in a legal leal sense a registered practitioner |