Medical & Regulatory Law Specialist Barristers in the UK | England, Wales (Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland*) | Direct Access Advocacy & Litigation
Alexander Barristers Chambers
UK Lawyers
Specialists in medical and regulatory law
We act for members of the public, professionals from various disciplines (non-medical and medical), hospitals, clinics, care homes, firms, local authorities, among others, in medical and regulatory legal and policy matters.
Medical and Regulatory Law includes: health care law, mental health law, clinical negligence, coroner’s inquests, professional conduct law, general regulatory law, clinician employment law, hospital and care home law, contract and commercial law connected to the health care and regulatory law sectors, GP and other partnership law, healthcare regulation generally. We also cover many legal and regulatory matters unrelated to the healthcare and medical sector.
We cover cases relating to the law of England and Wales. Some national regulators enable our lawyers to appear in hearings, where they list the case to be heard in Scotland or Northern Ireland. In regulatory law we represent both medical and non-medical professionals in regulatory and disciplinary processes. We cover many other aspects of medical and regulatory law.
Members of the public and professionals may now instruct a barrister directly to obtain legal advice or representation, or come to us via a solicitor.
For more details of our legal servcies see: Our Areas of Work
Summary:
- Members of Chambers have acted for several hundred regulated professionals and practitioners from various disciplines in regulatory proceedings and appeals (inc. MPTS, GMC, CQC, CIW, NMC, HCPC (HCPTS), HPAC, SWE, RCVS, RPSGB / GPhC, SRA, BSB, GOC, GDC, GTC, GSCC, UKCP, GP Performers List matters, NCAS Law, Ofsted Law, ISA Safeguarding Law, and Registration Law, POCA, POVA, LADO decisions, DBS Barred List Law and Barred List Breach Prosecutions, ISA, Police Misconduct). We represent and advise both medical and non-medical professionals.
- Members of Chambers undertake routine and specialist (claimant and defendant) clinical negligence, personal injury, and contract work.
- Chambers also has expertise in wills, trusts, practice and employment contracts, local authority contracts, pressure sore damage caused by neglect, hospital and community clinical failures, misfeasance in public office claims, care home closures, partnership disputes, architect and surveyor regulation, accountancy regulation and professional misconduct issues.
- Chambers has Specialists in Professional Conduct and Regulatory (Fitness to Practise) Law, Education Law, Mental Health Law, Trading Standards Law, Agricultural Law, Animal Protection Law, Veterinary Law, Police Disciplinary (Misconduct) Law, Contractual Disputes Law, and Employment Law.
- Chambers regularly acts for families, professionals and hospitals at coroner’s inquests and appeals.
- Alexander Chambers welcomes enquiries from members of the public and professionals. Clients can instruct us via a solicitor or direct.
- Meetings with barristers can be arranged in central London, Manchester, at a client’s home or business, or a solicitor’s office, or by way of videoconference.
- Written advice and pleadings can usually be turned around quickly, even in complex cases. Our fees are competitive.
Further Information
Alexander Barristers Chambers
Telephone: 0845 652 0451
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POLICE DISCIPLINE & MISCONDUCT
We represent police officers in policing regulatory law matters.
We have a number of barristers who practice in police law, police misconduct cases, and police disciplinary hearing representation. Our barristers represent police officers in misconduct proceedings and other legal matters.
Our regulatory law barristers can advise police officers and ex-police officers on the following:
Responding to Concerns at Investigatory Stage: A detailed written response is the key to improving the prospects of success in police disciplnary investigations.
Preparing for a Hearing: Our police disciplinary law barristers can advise on evidence, witnesses, written responses to concerns, how to challenge weak and misconceived allegations,
Representation at Police Disciplinary Hearings: Attendance at a hearing, and being properly represented, can often improve outcomes. Our police disciplne barristers cross-examine witnesses, and make sumbissions to panels and tribunals, to seek to protect the interests of a police officer.
Representation at Police Appeals Tribunals: Our barristers represent police officers at appeal hearings.
Our police disciplinary law defence barristers can advise on:
- Police Conduct Regulations
- Police Standards: inc. Equality and Diversity, Authority, respect and courtesy,
- College of Policing Guidance on outcomes in police misconduct proceedings (2023).
- Overarching Objective of Tribunal: (1) To maintain public confidence in and the reputation of the police service. (2) To uphold high standards in policing and deter misconduct. (3) To protect the public.
- Police Disciplinary Hearings
- Police Appeals Tribunals
- Abuse of Process Applications to Stay (Stop or Postpone) the Disciplinary Process
- Judicial Reviews of Police Appeal Tribunal Decisions
- Police Officer Responses pursuant to Regulation 43 Police (Conduct) Regulations 2020
- Dismissal for Gross Misconduct, With or Without Notice
- Warnings, Final Written Warnings
- Restoration of Back Pay Applications, for Unpaid Salary During Disciplinary Appeal Process, following Dismissal
- Publicity Decisions of Disciplinary Hearing Outcomes - pursuant to Regulation 36
- Schedule 8 of the Policing and Crime Act 2017 - Reporting to the College of Policing - Barred List Entries and Removals
- Former Police Officer Provisions - enabling a tribunal to take steps as though the indiviudial was still as serving police officer
The law affecting Police Officer Discipline can touch on the following legislation, but is not limited to:
- The Police Act 1996 (Part IV)
- The Human Rights Act 1988
- The Police Reform Act 2002
- Police Regulations 2003
- Police (Performance) Regulations 2020
- Police Appeals Tribunals Rules 2008
- The Police and Social Responsibility Act 2011
- The Independent Police Complaints Commission (Complaints and Misconduct) (Contractors) Regulations 2015
- The Police (Conduct) Regulations 2020
- The Police (Complaints and Misconduct) Regulations 2020
Police Officers' Conduct
Allegations are brought. A hearing is set.
First the facts are established on the balance of probabilities. Then there is an opportunity to mitigate and an assessment of where the conduct falls by way of seriousness:
Misconduct – which is an officer's breach of the Standards of Professional Behaviour expected of a police officer.
Gross misconduct – which is an officer's a breach of the Standards of Professional Behaviour that is so serious that dismissal from the force could be justified.
Unsatisfactory performance or unsatisfactory attendance – an inability or failure of a police officer to perform the duties of the role or rank he or she is currently undertaking to a satisfactory standard or level.
A sanction is then imposed.
Police Officers might also, alternatively, go through the Reflective Practice Review Process (RPRP), which is not part of the disciplinary process.
For more details of how we can assist you in a police disciplinary hearing and misconduct cases, contact us on 0845 652 0451
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Telephone: 0845 652 0451