There is an interesting conduct tribunal under way involving a solicitor who campaigns against the closure of residential care homes.
It involves an alleged breach of client confidentiality, a principle that led to the dismissal of a nurse who blew the whistle on poor hospital practices on BBC1's Panorama earlier this year.
Kettering solicitor Yvonne Hossack's case is not about poor practice, but it has drawn the support of former health secretary - now home secretary - Alan Johnson and Northampton South Conservative MP Brian Binley.
She is accused of bringing the legal profession into disrepute by breaching the confidentiality of eight clients in a letter to the General Medical Council.
Hossack's campaigning has extended to care homes in Northampton, Staffordshire and Hull. It was in Hull that she joined forces with Johnson to fight the closure of Rokeby House, which is in his constituency and has been assessed as excellent.
At the Solicitors' Disciplinary Tribunal hearing yesterday, Johnson expressed his "admiration" of Hossack's campaigning, which, she says, has saved 80 care homes from closure.
We await the findings of the tribunal, as will many care home staff, residents and their relatives.
It could have almost read "GSCC" hearing! Yet another example of put up or shut up.
I hope she comes out the other end OK.
Wilt
The General Medical Council (GMC) are entitled to have confidential material and indeed they have to have it in order to investigate the complaints about individual person's care.
So what is this about?
Medical experts have to be honest when giving evidence in court.
It looks like somebody is living in terrible fear of Ms Hossack and that is her medical accuser, in my opinion. Who wants to find out why? Well, not the GMC. Dr Peter Jefferys works for GMC as one of their Fitness to Practice Panelists. He is also on Social Care Council.
All good things...