Alexander Barristers Chambers' Areas of Work  (A-Z)

• Care Standards Law, Care Home Law, Nursing Fees

Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) England

Care Standards Inspectorate for Wales (CSIW/CSSIW)  

Care Quality Commission (CQC)

Care Home closures and registrations 

Emergency Care Home Closures

Care Home Standards and Protocols

Care Home Commercial Disputes

Challenges to NHS assessments of primary health care needs and nursing fees, whether total care or Registered Nursing Care Contributions (RNCC) 

Legal Responses to CSCI CQC Criticism

Appeals to Care Standards Tribunal (CST) and other similar bodies 

Ofsted Inspections and Closures: Children's Homes, Nurseries and Schools. Legal responses to critical reports and notices of cancellation.

• Clinical Negligence & Professional Negligence:

Clinical accidents

Surgical failings and errors

Acts and omissions leading to injury or death 

Faulty clinical products or inappropriate use of medicines 

Pressure Sore development

Incompetence clinically or managerially 

Birth injuries

Both claimant and defence work undertaken in all clinical and paramedical specialities 

General Professional Negligence for industries and professions allied to health 

Pharmaceutical Claims and Medical Research Law

•       Coroner's Inquests and Public Inquiries

Inquests into unnatural or violent deaths, or deaths from unknown causes. 

Advice on evidence and verdicts, including narrative verdicts. Verdicts can include: suicide, unlawful killing, accidental death, death by misadventure, death from neglect or self-neglect.

Advice on appealing or judicially reviewing a coroner's decision. 

Representing: 

Families

Clinicians 

Professionals

Hospitals and Nursing Homes

Local Authorities 

Commercial Organisations

National Bodies

Other 'interested parties'

•       Criminal Law (Medical):

Medical Malpractice - Assault (acting without consent)

Unlawful killings (accidental killings, homicide)

Causation medical issues (death and serious harm)

Indecent assault in clinic (allegations of improriety) 

Clinical Fraud, Overclaiming fees for services not provided 

Defence of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals in criminal proceedings

Health and Saftey prosecutions 

Criminal Record Bureau (CRB) Challenges

• Court of Protection and High Court Applications: 

Medical law and ethics generally

Patient's refusal to consent

Advance directives - Living Wills

Capacity - adults, minors

Withdrawal of treatment

Capacity Act 2005 legal issues

Injunctions and Injunctive Relief 

Challenges to Hospital Doctors and Coroners Decisions 

Challenges on Grounds of Religious Belief (Muslims/Islam, Jehovah's Witnesses, etc.) 

Public Health Law

Public Law Challenges

• Mental Health Law:

Mental Health Act 1983 & 2007 Matters

Mental Capacity Act 2005 Matters

Court of Protection Act 2007 Matters

Mental Health Review Tribunals (MHRTs)

• Personal Injury:

Complex and simple injuries 

Tripping and Slipping

Fatal accidents 

Workplace accidents

Catastrophic injuries

Both claimant and defence work undertaken 

Product Liability 

Criminal Injuries Compensation Awards

• Regulatory Law: 

General Medical Council (GMC - doctors)

Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC - nurses and midwives)

General Dental Council (GDC - dentists)

General Optical Council (GOC - opticians and optometrists) 

General Social Care Council (GSCC) and Care Council for Wales (CCW) Cases - Social Workers, Personal Care Workers, Other Carers)

Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB - pharmacists and pharmacy technicians)

General Teaching Council (GTC - Teachers) 

Royal Society of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) Veterinary Practitioners - Vets and Veterinary Nurses Regulation

Alternative Medicine Practitioners

Council for Regulatory Excellence (CHRE) 

Domiciliary Care Agencies and Providers Regulatory Law

Sports Bodies & Regulators (Sports law)

Appeals and judicial review from tribunal decisions (JR).

Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Act (SOVA), Protection of Children Act (POCA) and Protection of Vulnerable Adults (POVA) Referrals, and Appeals to the Care Standards Tribunal (CST)

Trading Standards Law 

Agricultural Law, Animal Health Prosecutions

Animal Cruelty Law and Regulation

Alcohol Licensing and Regulation

Police Law, Police Discipline and Police Misconduct:

Police Conduct Regulations 2008

Police Conduct Regulations 2004

Health Professions Council (HPC) governing:

Art psychotherapist, Art therapist 

Dramatherapist, Music therapist

Biomedical scientist, Medical laboratory technician

Chiropodist, Podiatrist

Clinical scientist 

Dietician 

Occupational therapist

Orthoptist

Paramedic

Physiotherapist, 

Prosthetist, Orthotist, 

Operating department practitioner 

Radiographer 

Speech and language therapist, Speech therapist