Pharmacy Meet the Team

Hunneyball, Consultant
Susan
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susan@gordonsols.co.uk
Creamer Partner and contact for Professional Regulation
Richard
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richard@gordonsols.co.uk
Grant, Partner and contact for Health and Social Care
Neil
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neil@gordonsols.co.uk
is a solicitor with considerable experience in advising pharmacists and pharmacy
Susan
She joined Gordons from Charles Russell Speechlys LLP in September 2019.
companies.
professional discipline matters Susan represents pharmacists in proceedings before the
In
Pharmaceutical Council, and advises on appeals from that body to the High Court.
General
She represents healthcare professionals in conduct issues involving NHS England.
also has expertise in relation to appeals to the First Tier Tribunal. She is regularly
Susan
in applications for inclusion in the Pharmaceutical List (market entry applications)
instructed
and appeals to NHS Resolution, acting as solicitor advocate in the latter.
advises on inquests, public and administrative law (including judicial review) and acts for
She
in relation to prosecutions, mainly high value fraud, brought by the CPS and other
pharmacists
prosecuting agencies.
Legal 500 2020 said:
worked with Susan Hunneyball for many years. She is one of very few lawyers in the country
"I
extensive specialised knowledge of pharmacy law... Her knowledge of NHS regulation in
with
the primary care sector is detailed, and this is rare in a highly regulated area."
...Susan Hunneyball. Encyclopaedic knowledge of the healthcare sector. She combines a
"
client presence with a very good judgement as to what will work and what will not,
reassuring
and a willingness to get stuck in to try to solve the client's problem."
qualified as a solicitor in 2002. Prior to joining Gordons Healthcare team in 2017, Richard
Richard
a partner at Hempsons Solicitors and Hill Dickinson LLP for a total of six years.
was
becoming a solicitor Richard worked as a dentist having gained his Bachelor of Dental
Before
from Sheffield University. During his clinical career Richard worked as a General Dental
Surgery
and a clinical assistant in Orthodontics. Richard's clinical experience is of particular
Practitioner
in his work acting for doctors and dentists in regulatory proceedings before the General
value
and General Dental Councils, NHS England investigations and in clinical negligence
Medical
claims.
also has a particular experience in acting for individual practitioners and corporate bodies
Richard
NHS Contract disputes and NHS Protect criminal investigations particularly those involving
in
alleged breaches of contract, inappropriate claiming and clawbacks.
in Guildford with Gordons Partnership Solicitors, Neil Grant heads up the firm's Health and
Based
Care Provider Team, which includes our specialist pharmacy law service to chemists across
Social
and Wales. Neil and his team only act for registered providers and professionals, not
England
commissioners or patients, ensuring we avoid conflicts of interest in the overlapping and
regulators,
complex world of healthcare regulation.
is experienced in dealing with all types of regulatory and contractual action taken against
Neil
providers and professionals, including removal of registration, prosecutions and
healthcare
disputes. Neil is also a non-contentious lawyer who can advise on technical registration
commissioning
and undertake due diligence as part of commercial transactions.
issues