A UK-based solicitor blogging about defending professionals and regulatory law, mainly in the healthcare sector
Yesterday, I spoke at the Pharmacy Law & Ethics Association’s annual seminar. My topic was fitness to practise-related legal highlights of 2025/26 and I picked the following from a long shortlist: ~ Suresh v General…
The NMC Independent Culture Review published today makes for deeply unpleasant reading, with feedback from NMC staff such as “The organisation is truly appalling and it should be razed to the ground”. The NMC has…
Few will be unfamiliar with the case of breast surgeon Ian Paterson who, in 2017, was convicted of both wounding with intent and unlawful wounding of 10 patients, then sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment. This…
I’ve written and lectured quite frequently since qualifying as a solicitor in 2004. If you’d like to read a selection of recently (but pre-blog) published articles, please see below: 2017 How Should Pharmacists Act In…
