The now disgraced and disbarred attorney Tom Girardi must surrender to federal authorities early next year for a medical evaluation at a federal prison in North Carolina, a judge ruled Friday.

The verdict brings to a close a weeks-long trial marking the lowest point for disgraced attorney Tom Girardi, who was once a legal titan.

The mother of a young girl operated on by a disgraced surgeon at a famous London children's hospital says she should never have been left in his care.

The party also vowed to introduce new rules on participation, and a new process to make it easier to remove "disgraced" peers.

Mr Cottrell has so far resisted pressure to resign, saying "everything was done to understand, assess and manage the risk" associated with the disgraced priest.