Alexander Barristers Chambers' Areas of Work (A-Z)
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Care Standards Law, Care Home Law and Nursing Fees Challenges
Clinical Negligence & Professional Negligence
Coroner's Inquests and Public Inquiries
Criminal Law (Medical and Regulatory)
Court of Protection and High Court Applications
Employment Law
Medical Law
Mental Health Law
Personal Injury
Professional Conduct, Fitness to Practise and Health Committee Law
Public Law Challenges
Regulatory Law and Licensing
Serious
Case
Review Authorship and Independent Chairing
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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.
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Clinical
accidents and Personal Injury
Surgical failings and errors
Acts
and omissions leading to injury or death - Fatalities
Faulty clinical products or inappropriate use of medicines
Pressure Sore development
Incompetence clinically or managerially
Birth injuries and Defects
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
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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 clinical or other neglect or self-neglect.
Advice on appealing under s.13 Coroners Act 1988 (with
the Attorney General's Fiat or Permission) or
judicially reviewing a coroner's decision.
Representing:
Families
Clinicians
Individuals
Professionals
Hospitals and Nursing Homes
Local Authorities
Commercial Organisations
National Bodies
Other 'interested
parties'
Prisons and Police Forces
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Medical Malpractice - Assault (treatment 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, dentists, physiotherapists and other healthcare professionals in criminal proceedings
Health and Safety
prosecutions and defence
Criminal Record Bureau
(CRB) Challenges
Office of Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC)
prosecutions
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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 (Islam, Jehovah's Witnesses, etc.)
Public Health Law
Public Law Challenges
Serious Case Review Authorship and Independent Chairing
Public Inquiry Representation
Independent Chairing
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Employer Disciplinary Hearing Representation
Unfair Dismissal Claims
Discrimination Claims
Employer and Employee Advice and Representation
Advice on Settlements
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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
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Mental Health Act 1983 & 2007 Matters
Mental Capacity Act 2005 Matters
Court of Protection Act 2007 Matters
Mental Health Review Tribunals (MHRTs)
First and Second Tier Mental Health Cases
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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
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General
Medical Council (GMC - doctors - all legal aspects including fitness to
practise, interim orders registration, revalidation and licenisng)
GP Performance Lists Suspensions, Hearings, Appeals,
Advice
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) Law
Domiciliary Care Agencies and Providers Regulatory Law
Sports Bodies & Regulators (Sports law)
Appeals and judicial review from tribunal decisions (JR).
Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act (SVGA), Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) Law, Protection of Children Act (POCA) and Protection of Vulnerable Adults (POVA) Referrals, Writen Responses, and Appeals to the Care Standards Tribunal (CST)
Trading Standards
Law
Financial Services Regulation
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
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