SOS appeals for money to fund legal bills with the support of seven Council members
Seven members of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Council are supporting an appeal for funds to pay the costs of the four Society members whose court action ultimately led to the redrafting of the Charter currently with the Privy Council.
The appeal — by the Save
Our Society campaign — aims to raise
over £300,000 to pay the legal bills incurred by Hassan Argomandkhah,
Mark Koziol, Graham Phillips and Mike Williams in their failed
action for a High Court ruling. They unsuccessfully argued that 16 members
and former members of the Council and the Society acted outside the Charter
when they petitioned the Privy Council for a new Charter.
The legal action caused the Privy Council to halt consideration of the
proposed new Charter until legal proceedings ended. This was not until
after the 2004 Council election, at which all seven available seats were
taken by SOS supporters, including Mr Argomandkhah and Mr Phillips.
The proposed Charter was then amended by the new Council taking into
account some of the SOS aims and resubmitted to the Privy Council last
month.
“
By having the courage to stand up for the rights of all of us in the
profession, they have helped us,” the appeal says. “Now the
time has come for all of us to help them.”
The seven Council members supporting the appeal are Gerald Alexander,
Martin Astbury, Shiv Bagga, Sultan Dajani, Davan Eustace, Maurice Hickey
and Noel Wicks. |
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