Lawyers

Peter Marquand

Work Department

Clinical law.

Position

Experience

Peter has been a partner at Capsticks since 2000.  He heads the clinical law division, which encompasses defendant litigation for the NHS and insurers as well as public law and advisory work for all Capsticks’ clients.  Peter was appointed as a Deputy Chairman of the Information Tribunal from 2005 to 2009 and as a Deputy High Court Judge in 2016 sitting in the Administrative Court and Queen’s Bench Division.

Prior to commencing his legal career, Peter qualified as a doctor and practised in many aspects of hospital based medicine up to registrar level.

Expertise                     

Peter’s particular areas of expertise are defendant clinical negligence, information law and consent to treatment.

Career

Worked as an NHS doctor before taking up law. Trained Capsticks; qualified 1996; made partner 2000; deputy chairman of the Information Tribunal 2005-2009; appointed Deputy High Court Judge 2016.

Education

King’s College, London (1984); Charing Cross & Westminster Medical School (1987); Royal College of Physicians (1990 MRCP); London Guildhall University (1994 Dip LP).

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