Chambers Review
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Professional Discipline - UK-wide
What the Team is Known For
Markel Law has a team undertaking a range of professional discipline work. The firm has significant experience dealing with regulators such as the GMC, GDC and HCPC, alongside non-statutory regulators such as the BACP. The team is also adept at handling judicial review and High Court appeal claims stemming from professional discipline proceedings.
Strengths
Markel Law is a really proactive firm in everything it does. The team there are so professional, and their work is always clear and precise.
The work they do is impressive and they have significant cases across lots of different sectors.
Work Highlights
Markel Law represented a doctor who was arrested following an allegation that he sexually assaulted a patient in a consultation.
Notable practitioners
Deborah Nicholson advises and represents a range of healthcare professionals, particularly psychologists, and regularly deals with the HCPC and GMC. She also has experience acting on behalf of regulators such as the NMC.
Deborah has exceptional judgement.
She has a real breadth of knowledge across multiple areas.
Deborah is very astute and leaves no stone unturned.
Lauren Wilson routinely represents and advises healthcare professionals before their professional regulators in fitness-to-practise proceedings and appeals.
Lauren Wilson is a partner in the making. She is a standout for her client care, and the law comes easily to her as she is so clever.
Lauren Wilson is very committed to her clients and has got good judgement.
Lauren is brilliant. She has superb client-handling skills. She's certainly a very impressive lawyer.
Francesca Snape has experience representing a range of professionals before regulatory bodies spanning the health, social care and education sectors.
A fount of knowledge on healthcare regulation.
Francesca is excellent. Her quality of work is really high.