Serjeants’ Inn Chambers wins Chambers of the Year award at the Halsbury Legal Awards 2015

We are delighted to have been named Chambers of the Year at the Halsbury Legal Awards 2015. The award brochure noted: The judges were impressed by this set’s progressive approach which runs in tandem with its strong record on ground-breaking litigation. Effective management and dedicated client management teams have combined to enable it to develop […]

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Altruism, Welfare and the Law

Please click here for details of this new publication by Charles Foster and Jonathan Herring. The book is described by its publishers as contending that: “our welfare is inextricably entangled with that of others, and accordingly law and ethics, in determining our best interests, should recognise the central importance of relationality, the performance of obligations, and […]

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David Morris successfully defends GP charged with serial prescription fraud

David Morris represented a GP doing weekend Out of Hours work. He had been accused of issuing a series of prescriptions for long term (2-4 months) supply of high value medications including insulin, asthma inhalers, Viagra and nutritional supplements in fictitious patient names. The prescriptions had been dispensed many weeks after their prescription at pharmacies […]

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David Morris saves GP from erasure and persuades MPTS to allow him to continue to practise with conditional registration

David Morris represented a high profile GP who had been chairman of his local Clinical Commissioning Group with responsibility for a multi-million pound budget. The doctor faced numerous allegations of dishonesty including: getting a receptionist to forge his GP partner’s signature on a life insurance application form; witnessing the signature on the Will of an elderly […]

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Anthony Haycroft defends dentist in GDC fitness to practise case

Anthony Haycroft has represented a General Dental Practitioner in a 7-day Professional Conduct Committee hearing covering substantial clinical failings in complex restorative dentistry in two different patients. The failings ranged from inadequate treatment planning, assessment and diagnosis, incorrect use of radiographs, poor record-keeping, poor periodontal assessment and treatment and failure to obtain informed consent. Numerous failings […]

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