Recommendations
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He is an experienced associate solicitor who provides clear and timely advice and is developing a strong reputation in the regulatory field.
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Neil quickly gains the confidence of complainants and witnesses and his work is hallmarked by being thorough and incisive.
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Recognised as a Key Lawyer and Rising Star in Professional Discipline
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Associate to watch
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Recognised as a Key Lawyer and Rising Star in Professional Discipline
Experience
I have specialised in professional regulatory work for over nine years. I am highly experienced in the investigation of matters of professional misconduct, and work to prepare such cases for hearing before disciplinary committees and tribunals.
I have experience of working in the human healthcare, veterinary, farriery and legal sectors. I have acted on behalf of statutory and voluntary regulators, and also represented individuals facing investigation by their regulators.
- I took the lead in an investigation against two registrants of a regulator where the allegations of misconduct arose from the same series of events and covered deficient clinical care, dishonesty and inadequate record keeping.
- I advised a non-statutory regulator in relation to a series of clinical failings by a healthcare practitioner, where there were also concerns that the registrant had endangered the patient’s life.
- I defended a healthcare professional facing allegations that he had engaged in inappropriate sexual behaviour whilst at work.
- I assisted a regulator in defending an appeal to the High Court brought by a registrant in the first such appeal under the relevant statutory regime
Areas of expertise:
Qualifications and career
- Joined Bates Wells in January 2019
- Associate in the Professional Regulation team at Penningtons Manches, 2010 to 2018
- Solicitor in the Healthcare team at Mills & Reeve, 2009 to 2010
- Admitted as a solicitor in 2009
- Trained at Mills & Reeve, 2007 to 2009
- BPP Law School, Graduate Diploma in Law, 2005; Legal Practice Course, 2007
- MA, Cultural and Critical Studies, 2003
- BA (Hons), English Literature, 1995
Pro bono, memberships, and appointments
- Member of the Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers.
- Former Honorary Legal Advisor at the Royal Courts of Justice Advice Bureau
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