Dorothy Flower > RPC > London, England > Lawyer Profile

RPC‘s 20-strong professional practices group focuses on regulatory issues concerning legal services, insolvency practitioners, accountants, architects, and healthcare professionals. Its workload covers a range of contentious areas, including internal and regulatory investigations, regulatory reporting obligations, and disciplinary proceedings. The group is co-led by Graham Reid, who ‘lives up to his reputation’; and Robert Morris, who specialises in claims against accountants, financial professionals and insurance brokers. The practice further includes Dorothy Flower, who assists GMC and HCPC-investigated individuals; Davina Given, an expert in financial services and accountancy disciplinary matters; and Tom Wild, who is ‘destined for greatness’.

RPC‘s product liability team has ‘the strength and depth to deal with the entire spectrum of litigated cases in this arena, including catastrophic and complex cases‘, and is particularly well known for its representation of insurers. Its broad practice encompasses claims in a variety of sectors, with a strong emphasis on the medical device and pharmaceutical industries. Gavin Reese and Dorothy Flower lead the team; Flower is praised as ‘adept at understanding the interplay between the underlying issues and the insurance considerations‘, and Reese is often involved in cross-border product liability matters. Mamata Dutta, who ‘combines a tremendous intellect with an encyclopaedic knowledge of the law’, and Fiona Hahlo are also key names within the group.

Highlighted for its combination of ‘commercial sense and healthcare experience’, RPC’s medical and life sciences team operates in complex paediatric and obstetric cases, and advises on the full spectrum of catastrophic injury disputes, including psychiatric, cosmetic, cognitive and spinal injury claims. ‘First-class lawyer and team leader‘ Dorothy Flower is noted for her extensive experience in fatal claims, inquests and cross-border cases. Praised for being ‘able to quickly identify the key issues and see potential routes forward’, Sian Morgan is skilled in emergency health, pharmaceutical and misdiagnosis cases, in addition to catastrophic injuries.