Gordons Partnership Welcomes New Healthcare Regulatory Solicitor
Neil Grant, Partner and Head of the Health and Social Care Provider Team, Samantha Burges, Senior Associate and Lucy Bowker, Solicitor. Gordons Partnership Solicitors are
We act only in the defence of healthcare professionals who are facing ever more numerous and complex regulatory issues. We have a team of specialist regulatory lawyers, including a former dentist who act for a range of clients, often on instruction from their indemnity provider, including doctors, dentists, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals. The range of regulatory work routinely undertaken by our lawyers includes:
We can also provide representation at Coroner’s Inquests and Public Inquiries.
We do more than merely represent our healthcare clients at hearings. Our experience of the wider professional environment enables us to achieve the best possible outcomes while offering exceptional value for money. We are proud to act for a leading Medical and Dental Defence organisation as well as our many individual healthcare professional clients.
Find out more information about our GMC, GDC and Pharmacy work.
Here are some of the comments about us from the people we work with:
“Gordons instruct us regularly on specialist medical claims and regulatory work. Their close-knit team has a wealth of experience and produces work of the highest standard. Gordons’ pragmatic approach enables us to work as a team, which invariably gives their clients an advantage”
Lee Johnson, Senior Clerk, 3 Serjeants Inn, Temple, London
“This niche department features prominently on our list to highly commend, for regulatory and claims”
Matthew Phipps, Senior Clerk, One Crown Office Row, Temple, London
“Gordons has established an excellent reputation in the areas of clinical negligence healthcare advisory and regulatory work. Their exceptional team of Defence lawyers still manages to provide a personal service while also handling quality work for healthcare practitioners”
Paul Barton, Senior Clerk, Outer Temple Chambers, Temple London
We offer a free initial telephone consultation to all prospective clients. If you would like to speak to us please ring Richard Creamer or Iain Pickering from our Regulatory team on 01483 451900 or alternatively email them at richard@gordonsols.co.uk or iain@gordonsols.co.uk.
Email:richard@gordonsols.co.uk
Telephone:01483 451 900
Richard qualified as a solicitor in 2002. Prior to joining Gordons Healthcare team in 2017, Richard was a partner at Hempsons solicitors and Hill Dickinson LLP for a total of six years.
Before becoming a solicitor Richard worked as a dentist having gained his Bachelor of Dental Surgery from Sheffield University. During his clinical career Richard worked as a general dental practitioner and a clinical assistant in Orthodontics. Richard’s clinical experience is of particular value in his work acting for doctors and dentists in regulatory proceedings before the General Medical and General Dental Councils, NHS England investigations, and in clinical negligence claims.
Richard also has a particular experience in acting for individual practitioners and corporate bodies in NHS Contract disputes and NHS Protect criminal investigations particularly those involving alleged breaches of contract, inappropriate claiming and clawbacks.
Richard is recommended in both Chambers and Legal 500 and has been described in Chambers as “a master of his area” and “incredibly thorough, proactive and utterly meticulous”.
Relevant articles:
Article 1 – Remote, In-Person and Hybrid Hearings
Email:iain@gordonsols.co.uk
Telephone:01483 451 900
Iain trained at Norton Rose in the City and qualified as a solicitor in 1993. He joined Capsticks in 1995 and was a partner there for over 10 years before leaving to join Gordons at the start of 2011.
He is a Partner in our Healthcare Team, specialising in defendant medical malpractice litigation, defendant insurance litigation and Regulatory/Professional Conduct litigation with a particular interest in representing doctors, dentists and pharmacists.
Iain is an expert on the Civil Procedure Rules and costs and, historically, has acted variously for Claimants and Defendants in clinical negligence and personal injury litigation.
His experience includes acting for NHS Trusts in complex medical malpractice claims – primarily through instructions from the National Health Service Litigation Authority – specialising in catastrophic injuries arising from childbirth, paediatrics, anaesthetics, neurosurgery and cardiac surgery.
He has led a team in industrial disease litigation when acting for Strategic Health Authorities and uninsured Trusts in respect of personal injury claims arising out of asbestos contamination.
Iain is highly recommended in both Chambers and the Legal 500 as a mainly defendant specialist in clinical negligence work.
Iain is a member of the Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers and the Pharmacy Law and Ethics Association.
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