Police Law: Mainly Defendant

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Provided by Weightmans

We are at the forefront of professional discipline work:

o Healthcare professionals - GMC, GDC and HCPC hearings. Partner to various NHS Trusts, from inception of issues through to resolution of formal disciplinary proceedings, including audits of fitness to practise cases for three UK healthcare regulators and fitness to practise case handling processes.

o Solicitors and legal services regulation - defending solicitors facing SRA proceedings and SDT proceedings, as well as early stages of complaints and advice on compliance through the firms market leading COMPLI offering

o Traditional professions - disciplinary proceedings before RIBA, ARB (architects) and ICAEW (accountants).

o Emerging professions - developing professional regulators, most notably in front of CICAIR (approved inspectors). We have secured appointment to undertake audits of fitness to practise processes and decisions for a statutory regulator of a non-healthcare profession.

Weightmans acts not just in formal disciplinary proceedings themselves, but in all stages including initial crisis containment, pre-dialogue with regulators, and associated corporate protection advice to minimise long-term business damage. We are also advocates at interim hearings of the GMC and GDC, at Performers List hearings, Inquests, and at interim and substantive hearings before the Solicitors’ Disciplinary Tribunal. Our work is high-profile including many key High Court and Court of Appeal decisions.