Healthcare (Acting for the Professional)

Mark spent 10-15 years acting for the GMC in proceedings before the Fitness to Practice Panel and the Interim Orders Panel of the MPTS. For the past 5 years however, Mark now solely represents practitioners in such proceedings. He has also been instructed in proceedings on appeal to the Divisional Court.

He is routinely instructed in cases involving general practitioners, consultant anaesthetists, consultant gynaecologists and consultant pathologists. These cases involve matters of conduct and performance, often requiring detailed analysis and appreciation of areas of particular specialisation. Mark also represents the interests of doctors whose performance has been the subject of scrutiny during an Inquest in the Coroners Court. He has experienced of variety of such proceedings, including an Inquest into the death of a patient detained under the Mental Health Act.

Mark also represents Practitioners before the General Dental Council and the General Pharmaceutical Council.

As part of his extensive criminal practice, Mark has been involved in a number of high profile cases involving allegations of gross negligent manslaughter. These include proceedings relating to the conduct and performance of medical practitioners.

In January 2019, Mark concluded an 11 week hearing before the MPTS in which the standard of clinical care provided by a consultant surgeon were considered in detail, along with related issues of probity.