The High Court has confirmed the removal of Dr Syed Waqas Bukhari from the Irish medical register following findings of professional misconduct linked to repeated road traffic offences and breaches of undertakings given to the court.
The Medical Council asked the court to confirm its January 2026 decision to cancel Bukhari’s registration and prevent him from applying for restoration for three years. Mr Justice David Barniville, President of the High Court, granted both orders.
The disciplinary process arose after Bukhari disclosed road traffic offending when completing his annual registration form. In correspondence in December 2020, he said he had been charged in Cavan with drink and careless driving, driving without insurance and possession of marijuana. The High Court judgment records that he was ultimately convicted of at least eight offences, including driving while intoxicated or under the influence of drugs, excessive speeding, driving without insurance and driving while disqualified.
Separate High Court proceedings followed. Bukhari gave undertakings restricting his conduct and medical practice in 2021 and 2022. Revised undertakings were accepted in July 2022, but further information led the Medical Council to allege that he had breached them. His registration was suspended by the High Court in May 2023.
A Fitness to Practise inquiry was held in July and August 2025. Bukhari, who had returned to Pakistan, did not attend. The committee found allegations concerning breaches of undertakings and driving while disqualified and uninsured proven and amounting to professional misconduct. An allegation of a relevant medical disability was not proven.
The committee recommended cancellation, describing the misconduct as among the most serious it had encountered. The Medical Council adopted that sanction in January 2026.
Barniville P. found no procedural unfairness, serious error or other reason not to confirm the decision. He held that cancellation and the three-year restriction were appropriate and proportionate. No order for costs was made.