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Our criminal law team is highly regarded for its work in the health and social care sector.  We have a very long tradition of advising individual practitioners facing criminal investigations arising out of their practise.  More recently we have been advising organisations in respect of regulatory offences and the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007.  We also advise organisations caught up in criminal investigations affecting staff, patients and contractors.

We have extensive experience of the health and social care sector and provide fast, practical advice sensitive to the needs of our clients in each case.   

Key Services and Issues

Advising individuals in respect of criminal investigations

• Advising in respect of police powers
• Attending police interviews under caution
• Representation at the Magistrates Court
• Investigating the case on behalf of the defence
• Obtaining expert evidence
• Representation at trial
• Appeals
• Advising on the possible regulatory consequences for the individual

Advising organisations

• Advice in respect of organisational liability for offences
• Attending interviews under caution with the organisation’s duly appointed representative
• Representing organisations during a criminal prosecution
• Advice in respect of internal investigations, post incident reviews and serious untoward incident reporting
• Reporting to regulators and other organisations that need to know when a serious incident has occurred
• Memorandum of Understanding and other post-incident meetings with outside agencies
• Advising in relation to patient safety issues
• Advice and representation at Inquests
• Representing employees summonsed to court in relation to disclosure of confidential records in criminal cases

Our Work

• We are currently advising a number of medical practitioners under investigation for the alleged manslaughter of patients by gross negligence
• We are advising organisations under investigation for possible Corporate Manslaughter
• Advising a practitioner in respect of an NHS counter fraud investigation