‘This leading criminal set has a wealth of experience in dealing with healthcare, police and financial regulations. It is particularly adept at GMC cases and offers barristers who are "down to earth, easy to deal with and very well clerked."’
– Chambers UK (2010)
Our knowledge and skill in directly relevant areas of crime and fraud enhances our regulatory practice and sets us apart from our competitors.
Our members regularly appear before disciplinary tribunals (police, solicitors, courts martial and other professional disciplinary tribunals) and regulatory authorities, including the General Medical Council, the FSA and sports governing bodies. We are highly respected in our work in trading standards and intellectual property and have a particular reputation in the field of healthcare regulation.
We have particular expertise and experience in the regulation of the healthcare professions. Our strong team of regulatory and disciplinary healthcare specialists regularly provide advice and representation at every stage of proceedings before the majority of the healthcare tribunals.
Our barristers have been involved in ground-breaking complex financial investigations and are well placed to advise on the approach and attitude of the regulator.
We also have a strong reputation for advising and representing both police and the Serious Organised Crime Agency under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act.
We advise and act in Heath and Safety investigations and prosecutions, including manslaughter cases arising out of Health and Safety breaches.
Notable cases:
Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (2011)
MHRA Prosecution: First Clinical Trials Regulation Case Collapses.
Adrian Darbishire
Lance Sergeant Mark Burgan (2011)
Death on active service in Helmand Province, Afghanistan
Bridget Petherbridge
Dr Steven Bradshaw (2011)
Dr erased from the medical register
Jeremy Donne QC
Mid-Staffs NHS Public Inquiry (2011)
Further updates of Mid-Staff Inquiry where Tom Kark QC, Ben Fitzgerald and Tom Baker are appointed as counsel to the inquiry
Tom Kark QC | Ben FitzGerald | Tom Baker
Workplace Fatality: H&S Charges Successfully Defended (2011)
Death of site foreman. Principal and Sub-Contractor unanimously acquitted.
Adrian Darbishire
Raoul Moat – Northumbria IPCC investigation (2010)
High profile police manhunt
Adrian Darbishire
GMC v Ikwueke (Baby P GP) (2010)
GP who failed to spot the horrific abuse suffered by Baby P before his death.
Adrian Darbishire
Inquest (2010)
Acting for police officers
Mark Aldred
Stem-Cell Doctor Struck Off (2010)
Acting for GMC
Tom Kark QC
GDC v Grabowski
Dentist accused of treatment failings and financial misdemeanours
Heather Norton
SIA v Security Solutions & Investigations / Working in Harmony & others
First prosecutions for using unlicensed security operatives
Selva Ramasamy
Articles:
Regulation of Healthcare Professionals
Whistle-blowing, disclosure and patient confidentiality - the conflict between confidentiality and a duty to disclose. 29.9.2009
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Criminal Prosecutions for Regulators
Selva Ramasamy examines how and why the issue of a criminal prosecution may arise, and the advantages and disadvantages of c 28.7.2009
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