Kings View
Medical defence barristers with a proven track record of success.Contact us today for a free initial consultation and quotation.
Kings View Medical Defence are specialist medical defence barristers. For over a decade, we have represented hundreds of health and care professionals facing fitness to practise investigations and hearings. Through this we have gained the reputation as leading medical defence specialists with an excellent reputation for customer service and care.
We pride ourselves on complete transparency and all quotations are given with fixed fees for preparation and representation, agreed in advance and payable in stages. No hidden costs ever.
Practice Areas
General Medical Council
Our barristers are vastly experienced and understand the complexities of the situations doctors face. We advise and represent doctors facing GMC proceedings from the outset often challenging whether there is a case to answer. We can represent doctors at interim order hearings through to substantive hearings and can appeal the decision of the GMC to the High Court.
General Pharmaceutical Council
We are a leading General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) Defence Barrister’s chambers with vast experience defending pharmacists and pharmacy technicians facing fitness to practise proceedings before the GPhC. We have years of experience in acting for and representing pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in all matters and stages relating practise proceedings before the GPhC.
General Dental Council
We are leading medical and healthcare defence barristers acting for a range of dental practitioners in all matters relating to their fitness to practise before the General Dental Council (GDC). Our experience include acting for dentists and other dental practitioners from both the NHS and private sector who work in across the UK (England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland).
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Nursing & Midwifery Council
Kings View is a leading chambers who has gained an excellent reputation for representing and defending nurses and midwives before the Nursing & Midwifery Council. As a leading chambers specialising in healthcare law and regulation, our barristers give high quality specialist advice and have unrivalled experience in defending and representing nurses and midwives including issues with registration, allegations made against you for poor professional competence, health issues and allegations of misconduct.
Health Care Professionals Council
Kings View is a leading chambers specialising in healthcare law and regulation. We have vast experience in defending and representing all healthcare professionals in all courts and tribunals. With our vast experience in healthcare regulation comes an understanding of the complexities of working in health and social care. We can provide health and social care professionals with high quality specialist advocacy and advisory services.
Social Work England
Kings View is a leading chambers specialising in healthcare law and regulation. We have vast experience in defending and representing all healthcare professionals in all courts and tribunals. With our vast experience in healthcare regulation comes an understanding of the complexities of working in health and social care. We can provide health and social care professionals with high quality specialist advocacy and advisory services.
Recent Case Success
Professional Standards Authority for Health And Social Care v General Optical Council & Honey Rose
The High Court has handed down its ruling in the PSA’s appeal of the GOC’s fitness to practise finding relating to Optometrist Honey Rose.
Kings View achieve case closed for pharmacist
In this case, our client was a pharmacist owner. He contacted us on recommendation in the midst of a complex issue involving the GPhC, NHS and the police.
Kings View successful in GMC restoration for doctor following disciplinary erasure
Kings View successfully represented Dr M in this application for GMC restoration following disciplinary erasure.
Our Barristers
Stephen McCaffrey
specialises in healthcare law and regulation. As a leading regulatory law barrister, he has vast experience in defending all healthcare professionals in all courts and tribunals ranging from doctors, nurses, midwives, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals including paramedics and social workers.
Catherine Stock
I have been a barrister since 2007 and specialise in a few select areas. I have a particular interest in healthcare regulatory law and have represented hundreds of healthcare professionals before a variety of courts and tribunals. In addition I have represented many families and care homes in all aspects of care law.
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News & Articles
Case closed! Opportunities to resolve your GMC fitness to practise case early
GMC investigations are traumatic experiences for doctors. However, there are opportunities for early resolution of GMC investigations at various stages in the process.
Racial discrimination, nursing and fitness to practise
The case of Melanie Hayes has attracted public interest. We look at the case & how the outcome will impact NMC fitness to practise decisions in the future.
GMC Administrative Erasure – Technical Pitfalls for the Unwary
There are a number of administrative tasks that doctors cannot risk forgetting – otherwise they may unintentionally be guilty of practising illegally.
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