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Atkins, Partner and Head of Healthcare Charles | 01483 451900 charles@gordonsols.co.uk Hunneyball, Consultant and contact for Pharmacy Law Susan | 01483 451900 susan@gordonsols.co.uk Creamer Partner and contact for Professional Regulation Richard | 01483 451900 richard@gordonsols.co.uk is a solicitor with considerable experience in advising pharmacists and pharmacy companies. Susan joined Gordons from Charles Russell Speechlys LLP in September 2019. She professional discipline matters Susan represents pharmacists in proceedings before the General In Council, and advises on appeals from that body to the High Court. She represents Pharmaceutical healthcare professionals in conduct issues involving NHS England. also has expertise in relation to appeals to the First Tier Tribunal. She is regularly instructed Susan applications for inclusion in the Pharmaceutical List (market entry applications) and appeals to in 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 with "I specialised knowledge of pharmacy law... Her knowledge of NHS regulation in the extensive primary care sector is detailed, and this is rare in a highly regulated area." was a partner at two leading national defendant healthcare firms for 10 years based in Charles before joining Gordons Partnership in 2007. He worked on and led teams in the defence of London negligence claims, regulatory and disciplinary matters on behalf of healthcare practitioners clinical NHS bodies and represented clients at inquests. In 2007 Charles set up and established and Heathcare Department. He now leads a team of lawyers in our Guildford office dealing Gordons claims, regulatory and disciplinary matters, inquests, criminal allegations, contract disputes on with of healthcare practitioners and recently, the addition of a team specialising in the behalf of care providers. representation expertise is in defending healthcare clinicians in claims of clinical negligence, disciplinary His and disputes between clinicians and their contract holders. He also undertakes proceedings work on behalf of practitioners before the General Medical Council, General Dental regulatory General Pharmaceutical Counsel and other regulatory bodies. In addition, he provides Council, and representation at inquests along with statutory criminal prosecutions and other advice advisory services. healthcare 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.
Grant, Partner and contact for Health and Social Care Neil | 01483 451900 neil@gordonsols.co.uk Rose Lloyd, Solicitor Lily | 01483 451900 lily@gordonsols.co.uk Morrison, Associate Solicitor Joshua | 01483 451900 Joshua@gordonsols.co.uk Bowker, Trainee Solicitor Lucy | 01483 397618 lucy@gordonsols.co.uk in Guildford with Gordons Partnership Solicitors, Neil Grant heads up the firm's Health and Based Care Provider Team. Neil has worked as a regulatory lawyer in the Health and Social Care Social for over 25 years, developing a national reputation in dealing with complex large-scale sector often involving multiple agencies such as the Care Quality Commission, local authorities and enquiries police. Neil and his team only act for registered providers and professionals, not regulators, the or patients, ensuring we avoid conflicts of interest in the overlapping and complex commissioners 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 works as part of the Regulatory team and assists healthcare professionals in investigations by Joshua regulatory bodies, primarily the General Medical and Dental Councils. He also assists healthcare their either called to give evidence at inquests or named as Properly Interested Persons. He has professionals experience with large scale prison inquests undertaking his own advocacy when appropriate. particular advises healthcare professionals involved in criminal investigations. He attends police stations Joshua specialises in offences alleging inappropriate treatment amounting to grievous bodily harm and and health professionals who face charges of gross negligence manslaughter. also assists healthcare professionals who face non-clinical offences and is able to double up on his He to cover possible regulatory action as a result of criminal investigations/charges. advice graduated with an Upper Second Class honours degree in Law (LLB) from the University of Greenwich in Lily She went on to complete the Legal Practice Course with a LLM in Professional Legal Practice at the 2015. of Law in Guildford in 2016. After finishing her LPC LLM, Lily went to work as a paralegal at a local University health firm representing patients sectioned under the Mental Health Act 1983 and in some occasions mental conducting her own advocacy at Hospital Managers Hearings. this, Lily joined our Guildford office in February 2017 as a paralegal. During her time as a Following she moved towards primarily assisting the Healthcare Regulatory team where her passion for this paralegal of law started. In 2018 Lily commenced her training contract and qualified in September 2019 as a area in to Healthcare Regulatory team. Since qualifying Lily has been involved in GDC and GMC fitness Solicitor practise investigations from their initial stages through to their conclusion and has broadened and to her practise to include Inquests. developed did a History and Society degree at the University of Exeter before converting to Law and Lucy her LPC. She worked in law firms in Oxford and London as a Paralegal before moving to undertaking and joining Gordons’ Healthcare Department in February 2019. She now works as a trainee Guildford specialising in regulatory law in the health and social care sector. solicitor assists in GPhC Fitness to Practise matters and works on market entry Lucy and appeals to NHS England alongside Susan Hunneyball. applications
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