Legal Representation in relation to GMC / MPTS Fitness to Practise (FTP) and interim orders tribunal (IOT) cases; inquests; commercial & GP partnership law; contract &...
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Monday, 02 September 2019 8:55
GMC Defence – Representation
Posted by Doctors Defence Service
If you are looking for a lawyer to provide legal advice and possibly legal representation in GMC and MPTS matters, give us a call without obligation to see how we might assist you with your case. See our relevant pages for more...
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Thursday, 29 August 2019 11:00
Doctors UK Legal Representation
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Doctors and GMC UK Legal Representation Doctors Defence Service represents registered doctors, and those doctors who wish to become registered doctors, in UK legal proceedings. Doctors Defence Service advises on legal matters concerning all areas of GMC and MPTS law, and common...
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Tuesday, 20 August 2019 22:11
Doctors and Police Interviews in England and Wales
Posted by Doctors Defence Service
Doctors who are interviewed by the Police should have with them a competent lawyer to represent their interests. Read our article about the Police Interview under Caution process....
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Wednesday, 15 April 2015 9:32
Inquests can Damage a Doctor’s Reputation
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Inquests into the deaths of patients can lead to doctors being summonsed to give evidence about the care of a patient in their charge. Inquest verdicts can affect a doctor's standing where an adverse finding is made against them. Doctors Defence Service...
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Sunday, 15 October 2017 16:30
Can a doctor practise while on the Sex Offenders Register?
Posted by Doctors Defence Service
A number of doctors each year are convicted of a sexually related offence. As part of their sentence they will be ordered to sign the Sex Offenders Register. The years it will be extant will be set by the sentencing judge in...
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Wednesday, 08 February 2017 12:31
How to Avoid GMC Warnings
Posted by Doctors Defence Service
The General Medical Council (GMC) can issue Warnings to doctors who are considered by the GMC’s Case Examiners to have acted in a manner inconsistent with Good Medical Practice – the code of conduct for doctors – where a referral to a fitness...
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Friday, 10 February 2017 10:00
Clinical Negligence Case Law for Medical Practitioners
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Doctors Defence Service summarises and digests the latest clinical negligence case law for doctors in clinical practice in the UK. Each year aspects of the law of clinical negligence are clarified by various court judgments that identify the duties of doctors in...
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Wednesday, 16 January 2013 13:43
Gross Negligence Manslaughter and Doctors
Posted by Doctors Defence Service
Doctors Defence Service Lawyers: Gross Negligence Manslaughter Defence Lawyers in England and Wales, representing doctors in criminal proceedings....
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Legal Services for Medical Doctors
Doctors Defence Service provides comprehensive legal services to doctors in the UK and those doctors working overseas who are registered with the GMC or who seek to become registered in the UK.
Our lawyers represent doctors before the GMC and MPTS including interim orders, fitness to practise hearings, Registration Law, in Performance List hearings, Clinical Negligence cases, Partnership Disputes, Inquests, CQC and CiW matters, Employment Law claims, criminal and civil law cases, and other regulatory processes.
Contact us in strict confidence and without obligation to see how we might assist you. Call Doctors Defence Service on: 0800 10 88 739