Our health team has a specialist practice in dealing with professional crime. For decades we have been involved in some of the leading cases representing healthcare professionals who have had the misfortune to encounter the criminal justice system.
Thanks to our strong links with the Medical Defence Organisations we have become the leading firm in the protection of healthcare professionals. Professional crime can arise in a number of ways:
- Treatment of patients with adverse outcomes:- Manslaughter
- Issues over consent and inappropriate treatment:- sexual crime or assault
- Drug offences under the regulatory Misuse of Drugs legislation
- Fraud or deception
We have lawyers specialising in all these areas. In addition our team specialises in the links with all aspects of regulatory control which a criminal investigation brings into play.
A typical incident may have implications leading to:
- Employment difficulties
- Coroner's Inquest
- Interim regulatory restriction
- Professional body investigation
- Defamation
- Media management
Our services in this sector provide experienced advice for all criminal issues and their consequences.