Blake Lapthorn appointed to act for the General Dental
Council
Blake Lapthorn, one of the leading law firms in the UK, is
pleased to announce that its Professional Regulatory team has been
appointed to act for the General Dental Council (GDC) in Fitness to
Practise cases.
The GDC is responsible for the regulation of all dentists,
dental nurses, orthodontic therapists, dental hygienists, dental
technicians, clinical dental technicians and dental therapists.
They must all be registered with the GDC to work in the UK. The
work that Blake Lapthorn has been appointed to undertake commenced
on 1 December 2011 and the contract is initially for a three year
period.
The win completes a remarkable year for the firm's Professional
Regulatory team and follows an appointment earlier in 2011 to act
for the General Pharmaceutical Council. The firm now acts for eight
of the nine medical and healthcare regulators, as well as other
regulators such as the Solicitors Regulation Authority, General
Teaching Council, Association for Accounting Technicians and
Institute for Learning.
Nick Leale, who leads Blake Lapthorn's Professional Regulatory
team and will be Client Operations Manager for the GDC, commented:
"This is a wonderful opportunity for the team to develop a
relationship with the one healthcare regulator for whom it has not
acted as a team before. This win, combined with our recent
appointment to assist the NMC, will enable us to further expand our
investigative offering to run alongside our market-leading advocacy
team."
Blake Lapthorn's Professional Regulatory team, which has this
year once again been highly recommended in both the Chambers
UK and Legal 500 surveys, provides advice and
assistance in all areas of regulatory practice. For over ten years,
the team has built on its expertise by recruiting the best people
many of whom are specialist lawyers independently recognised as
leaders in their field.
The team acts for regulators at each stage of the regulatory
process, investigating and prosecuting regulatory cases across the
UK for and before regulators in the healthcare, education, legal
and accountancy fields. Practice Group Leader Bradley Albuery, who
will act as client relationship partner for the GDC, said: "This is
yet another huge boost to Blake Lapthorn's Professional Regulatory
team and Regulatory Practice group as a whole. We now act for more
professional regulators than any other firm and this has come at a
time when the GDC will be expanding its workload to deal with the
increased number of registrants brought about by the inclusion of
all dental care professionals on its register."
