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 […]
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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Bridget Dolan represented the patient (through the Official Solicitor) in this medically and ethically complex case concerning an application to withdraw treatment from a man in a minimally conscious state. Mr Justice Newton accepted Bridget’s arguments that when assessing the value of life from the particular perspective of this patient, there was strong evidence from the […]
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We are delighted to announce that Bridget Dolan has won the Barrister of the Year award and Gerry Boyle was awarded bronze at The Lawyer Awards 2015. Serjeants’ Inn Chambers was awarded bronze in the Chambers of the Year category. […]
Eloise Power has represented the GDC in a hearing concerning challenges to IOC decisions under s32 of the Dentists Act. The hearing established that the IOC and Court’s function in relation to an interim order is one of risk assessment and that there is no threshold specified in the legislation. In his judgment, Warby J stated: […]
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