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Chris is an Associate in the Regulatory and Professional Discipline department. He specialises in professional regulation, advising a range of regulatory and professional bodies including the Health Professions Council, the Teaching Agency, the General Optical Council and the General Dental Council.
Chris is an experienced advocate having regularly appeared in the Magistrates' Court representing clients at procedural hearings and trials. He has also represented patients detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 at their applications before the Mental Health Review Tribunal. At Kingsley Napley he appears as an advocate before regulatory and disciplinary tribunals.
Immediately prior to joining Kingsley Napley Chris worked at the large general criminal firm Tuckers Solicitors. He qualified in 2004 having trained at the highly regarded east end firm Edwards Duthie. He then furthered his general crime practice by working at Fisher Meredith in South London.
Chris has represented clients facing a wide range of criminal allegations including murder, robbery, serious assaults, firearms offences and sexual offences. He has also represented clients in large scale drug importation cases and in money laundering cases involving Missing Trader Intra-Community (MTIC) fraud. He has defended clients investigated and prosecuted by various bodies including the Crown Prosecution Service, the Revenue and Customs Prosecution Office and the Serious and Organised Crime Agency.
As an accredited police station representative, Chris has considerable experience in representing clients at police interviews and has regularly attended the police station to protect and advance his client's legal rights.
Chris also has experience in mental health law. He has represented patients detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 at Mental Health Review Tribunals. These patients have been detained at various psychiatric units across the country from low secure units to maximum secure units such as Broadmoor Hospital.
Chris’s criminal defence experience and his current practice in prosecuting regulatory offences, mean he is well placed to defend professionals in regulatory proceedings.
Areas of expertise:
- Professional Discipline and regulation;
- Prosecution in Fitness to Practise cases;
- Criminal defence.
Recent cases:
- Acting on behalf of the Health Professions Council in numerous Fitness to Practise cases including complex cases involving psychologists. Chris’s mental health law experience has assisted him with these cases;
- Acting on behalf of the General Optical Council in relation to an investigation into fraudulent trading by registrants;
- Acting on behalf of the General Teaching Council in several Unacceptable Professional Conduct cases; a recent case involved a teacher who was also working as a male stripper
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