Healthcare regulation defence lawyers
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Our experts have a wealth of experience in supporting doctors and dentists during GDC and GMC hearings, is here to help. We connect you with medical professionals and knowledgeable barristers who stand by you, guiding you through the challenges with transparency and expert support.
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The team are personable and accommodating in their approach to clients.
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The team are experienced, intellectually rigorous and down to earth. They are timely in all aspects.
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Weightmans provide excellent response times and a depth of knowledge, coupled with commerciality. They're consistently excellent.
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Defending Healthcare Professional Across All Regulatory Matters
We are top-ranked as a team in the legal directories, and many of our team of expert medical defence lawyers are highly ranked leading individuals when it comes to defending healthcare professionals.
Following our merger with RadcliffesLeBrasseur, we have been joined by their team of top ranked experts who have unrivalled expertise in defending doctors, dentists and other healthcare professionals.
Legal Support for Regulatory Investigations, Inquests and Hearings
Each year we represent hundreds of professionals before their regulators, in criminal investigations, at inquests, in disciplinary proceedings and many other professional matters. However, our team are more than expert solicitors, we are also highly experienced advocates, with years of experience of representing doctors and dentists in interim orders hearings, GDC committee hearings, Medical Practitioner Tribunal Service (MPTS) tribunal hearings, inquests, police investigations and disciplinary panels; whatever the problem our legal experts provide a seamless service that combines pragmatic advice with high-quality advocacy.
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Expertise in Complex and High- Profile Regulatory Cases
For decades, we have been instructed in many of the most complex and highest profile cases which have established the law in medical regulation, disciplinary, inquests and crime. These are our core expertise, meaning we are exceptionally well focused and placed to advise, represent and guide you through whatever the problem may be.
We take pride in the quality of the services we provide to healthcare professionals who want advice and support with defending themselves against a GMC or GDC investigation or the defence of any other disciplinary or criminal allegation. However, don’t take our word for that as the industry feedback from legal publications such as Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500 is that our firm is rated in the very top tier for professional discipline and regulation — many of our lawyers are rated amongst the best in healthcare law.
Why Instruct Weightmans for Healthcare Regulation Law
We believe that no firm can match our experience — when you instruct Weightmans we will match you to one of our leading healthcare and medical defence lawyers who will provide you with the right assistance, at the right time and in the right location. Through our extensive experience of defending Doctors and Dentists in GDC committee hearings and GMC tribunal hearings we can help you to connect with medical experts and experienced barristers who can help you to defend the allegations.