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Our Professional Discipline team has vast experience in dealing with complaints against the medical, dental and nursing professions. We represent professionals before their regulators, including interim orders and fitness to practise proceedings, in relation to misconduct, deficient professional performance, adverse physical or mental health and criminal convictions.
Team members appear regularly at the GMC and GDC and conduct their own advocacy before the Interim Orders Tribunal or Committee.
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Experience: advising on police interviews and reports to the Crown Procurator Fiscal, providing employment regulatory advice for registrants with criminal convictions: drink driving, fraud, assault and abuse.
Also appear on behalf of clinicians at Fatal Accident Inquiries throughout Scotland and in Public Inquiries in Scotland, Northern Ireland and UK wide.
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BTO's team have sound judgment.
The team provides a good interactive and responsive service.
There is always a very high standard of work delivered by the firm.
BTO's team have sound judgment.
The team provides a good interactive and responsive service.
There is always a very high standard of work delivered by the firm.
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Laura Donald is a very experienced regulatory lawyer.
Laura is a very safe pair of hands who is highly regarded in the profession.
Laura Donald is a trusted and reliable sounding board on a wide range of matters within our shared sphere of professional interest.
Martin is extremely diligent and empathetic, he cares about clients and takes on some of the most intricate and delicate cases.
Martin Walker does professional discipline work day in and day out.
Cara Docherty has comprehensive experience defending dental and medical professionals. She often appears in hearings referred to the GMC and GDC.
Cara delivers a high standard of work, is responsive and communicative.
Cara Docherty is very good, she's a lovely person to work with, and is detailed, personable and always on top of things.
Cara has excellent communication skills and good attention to detail, while being highly responsive.
Jennifer King regularly represents dental and medical practitioners in fitness-to-practise hearings and NHS tribunals. She is an associate in the firm's Glasgow office.
Jennifer King is superb: she is all over the papers, is competent and has great attention to detail.
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Adam Boyle
Cara Docherty
Caroline Carr
Duncan Mawby
Jill Harris
Head of Department
Laura Salmond
Natalie McCartney
Phoebe Crane
Sophie Lennox
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British Medical Association
Medical Protection Society (MPS)
Royal College of Nursing
The Medical Defence Union Limited (MDU)
The Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland (MDDUS)
The Scottish Police Federation
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