This is no amiable maverick with a healthy disdain for authority. He is an individual who has:
- Been struck off by his professional body for unprofessional conduct
- Consistently refused to address any of the issues which lead to his striking off in the two or three applications he has made to be restored to the roll
- Conviction for an unprovoked assault on a retired police officer who he happened to recognise (on a day when Kirk was an official vet at a county show)
- convictions for assaulting a 17 year old girl (imprisoned but his appeal against sentence was allowed with I believe a fine being substituted)
- a conviction for assaulting a licensed aircraft engineer who was refusing to hand over the papers for the aircraft until he was paid
- several convictions for public order offences and assaulting police officers
- Was imprisoned and his licence removed for being PIC of an aircrat whilst drunk
Anyone wanting an insight into Kirk's mentality need only read the British Veterinary Association's records of the various proceedings taken against him or the three reports of proceedings before the Privy Council when Kirk appealed findings. He is a man who has a huge problem in treating with any respect anyone he comes into contact with with and his behaviour is worse still when anyone dares to disagree with him.