RadcliffesLeBrasseur has built a reputation for its legal services throughout the healthcare sector, acting for medical defence organisations, doctors’ partnerships and individual GPs – both NHS and private. We also represent a wide variety of clients in the general medical field, including many of the largest NHS trusts, health authorities, private sector providers, insurers and medical charities.
The success of RadcliffesLeBrasseur in the healthcare sector has been achieved though providing straightforward, practical advice. Our clients have direct access to the lawyers dealing with their concerns and, by working closely with our clients, we can provide cost-effective advice that takes account of the special requirements of the medical sector.
Members of our Health team are very active in providing educational lectures, briefings and seminars, to keep our clients abreast of developments. We also maintain a 24-hour help line for mental healthcare clients to ensure they are supported with expert legal advice in the event of emergencies.
We regularly advise doctors’ practices and individual doctors on the full legal range of issues affecting doctors, both professionally and personally, including:
Professional
- Regulatory advice and professional matters
- Clinical negligence
- Medical-related litigation
- Setting up doctors’ partnerships
- Partnership agreements and related issues
- Partnership disputes and dissolution
- Commercial contracts
- Buying and selling surgeries and other medical premises
- Development and construction of surgery premises
- Bank lending and finance
- Employment
- IT and intellectual property
- Data protection
- Litigation and dispute resolution
- Crime
- Tax
Personal
- Buying and selling residential property
- Wills and trusts
- Estate planning and administration
- Probate matters
- Family law
- Elderly care
- Personal tax