Overview

Deka’s position as a leading common law set ideally places us to deal with the demands of regulation drawing on expertise from our diverse specialisms within Chambers to provide the highest level of advice and representation across the full spectrum of work.

From advising on FSMA to appearing before the courts in Environment Agency prosecutions, we will recommend a barrister tailored to our clients’ specific needs, to guide clients through the regulatory process to achieve successful outcomes.

Our Professional Disciplinary team provides a specialised service in disciplinary body investigations and associated tribunal hearings. Chambers’ expertise in criminal law, personal injury and clinical negligence perfectly places the team to act in cases involving the police and the healthcare sector. Thanks to a wealth of experience in acting for regulators and disciplinary bodies, those on the receiving end of disciplinary proceedings can also expect informed and strategic advice, relying upon us to defend their interests at all times.

Members of the team regularly appear before tribunals, performers list committees, the High Court and the Court of Appeal.

The laws and regulations that govern the professions are intimidating and complex. Often individuals who are subject to investigation experience the mental and emotional pressures of maintaining both a business and private life, whilst also then having to manage the allegations brought against them by their professional body. Disciplinary proceedings against individuals can have a devastating effect on the individual’s career and mental health, as well as on the business concerned.

We provide plain and constructive specialist advice from the outset on a wide range of issues. As regards medical practitioners these will include consent, record keeping, relationships with patients, criminal offences, standards of treatment, ethics, the management of patients, complaints unconnected to professional practice, standards and training, advertising, Care Quality Commission issues, language difficulties, health issues and competence.

Regulatory

  • Financial Services and associated Ombudsmen
  • Corporate Governance
  • Planning
  • Licensing
  • Sports Law, individual and corporate
  • Environmental Enforcement
  • Health and Safety
  • Healthcare including Trusts and Care Environments
  • Local Authority regulation
  • Proceeds of Crime, Restraint and Asset Forfeiture
  • Fraudulent Trading
  • Consumer Law

Professional Discipline

The team frequently advise clients in relation to investigations by professional bodies including the following:

  • Solicitors’ Regulatory Authority (SRA)
  • Bar Standards Board (BSB)
  • Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Regulatory Decisions Committee
  • All medical councils including the General Medical Council (GMC), Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
  • Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT)
  • Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA)
  • The Society of Clinical Perfusion Scientists of Great Britain and Ireland
  • Architects Registration Board
  • Emergency Services disciplinary proceedings including the Police Disciplinary Tribunal
  • Sports Disciplinary Tribunals including the FA, the RFU

Areas of Expertise

  • Breaches of planning regulations, fly tipping, Medicines Act breaches, trading standards, food standards and environmental offences.
  • Fraud and corruption cases, and cases concerning breaches of Company Law and Regulation, for or against the Serious Fraud Office, Financial Conduct Authority, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and HM Revenue and Customs.
  • Acting for and against the Health and Safety Executive, the Environment Agency and the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
  • Proceedings before the healthcare regulators and in the Care Standards Tribunal.
  • Applications under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, in the criminal and civil courts.
  • Local authority and police force regulation of licencing regarding matters including firearms, taxis and liquor.

Regulatory & Disciplinary Barristers

John Ross QC

John Ross KC


Call: 1971 Silk: 2001

Tom Little KC


Call: 1997 Silk: 2018

Giles Mooney KC


Call: 1998 Silk: 2019

James Thacker KC


Call: 2001 Silk: 2024

Edward Lamb KC


Call: 2006 Silk: 2024

Louise McCullough


Call: 1991

Cyrus Katrak


Call: 1991

David Thomson


Call: 1994

Simon Butler


Call: 1996

Johnathan Payne


Call: 1997

Robert Horner


Call: 1999

Russell Wilcox

Dr Russell Wilcox


Call: 2000

Claire Harden-Frost


Call: 2000

Gareth Munday


Call: 2000

Eleanor Mawrey


Call: 2001

Ian Stebbings

Ian Stebbings


Call: 2001

Giles Bedloe


Call: 2001

Esther Pounder


Call: 2003

Ian Clarke

Ian Clarke


Call: 2005

Roderick Abbott

Roderick Abbott


Call: 2006

Thom Dyke


Call: 2007

Patricia Londono


Call: 2008

Robert Parkin

Robert Parkin


Call: 2009

Holly Tibbitts


Call: 2010

William Dean


Call: 2011

Stephanie Hayward


Call: 2011

Conor Kennedy

Conor Kennedy


Call: 2011

Helen Pooley


Call: 2012

Daniel Searle


Call: 2015

Thomas Jones


Call: 2015

Richard Collier


Call: 2016

Jake Richards


Call: 2017

Lucy Lodewyke


Call: 2018

Francesca Kolar


Call: 2018

Amelia Katz


Call: 2018

Madeleine Miller


Call: 2019

Anirudh Mandagere

Anirudh Mandagere


Call: 2019

Regulatory & Disciplinary Staff

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