Northern Circuit • Regional Bar
Business and regulatory crime (including health and safety)
LEADING JUNIORS1Elizabeth Dudley-Jones - Deans Court Chambers
Elizabeth Dudley-Jones
- Phone0161 214 6000
- Email[email protected]
Position
Elizabeth is regularly instructed in regulatory cases arising from alleged failures in the workplace, often where death or personal injury has resulted. She appears in cases where professional disciplinary, healthcare or medical related allegations arise. She has considerable experience in inquests, representing a wide number of local authorities, healthcare regulators (Care Quality Commission), individuals and families. She has 18 years experience in defending cases before juries and prosecuting cases before professional panels and tribunals. Her principle specialism relates to medical and healthcare law, involving professional negligence and professional discipline. She has been included on the General Medical Council’s preferred list of counsel for over 13 years. She regularly successfully prosecutes high profile cases for the GMC before the MPTS Fitness to Practice Panels. She has a wide experience in professional discipline cases (often linked to inquests and employment) and she has conducted cases before various tribunals, trusts and professional bodies. She continues to defend in criminal cases of the utmost gravity, such as rape and murder, particularly those with vulnerabilities, learning difficulties and mental disorders, with a notable success rate. She has a wide experience in the Coroner’s Court and has acted in a number of cases and inquests. Her broad medical knowledge and jury experience assists her to obtain good results for her client. She has a keen interest in health and safety and environmental law and has successfully prosecuted and defended cases for local authorities in the environmental and healthcare fields. She is currently recommended and listed in the directories as ‘a professional and persuasive advocate’ (Crime); ‘a safe pair of hands to coax and confront in cross-examination’ (regulatory, health and safety, and licensing). and as having ‘wide-ranging expertise of workplace and environmental regulation’.
Education
Cowbridge School, South Glamorgan; King’s School, Macclesfield; University of Hull (1995 LLB (Hons)); Inns of Court School of Law (1996).
Mentions
Northern Circuit • Regional Bar
Inquests and inquiries
LEADING JUNIORS1Elizabeth Dudley-Jones – Deans Court Chambers ‘Elizabeth is very thorough, knowledgeable, and professional, and most importantly, she is able to put people at ease during the inquest process, which is very important, as giving evidence can be very traumatic, particularly if the family of the prisoner are present.’
Northern Circuit • Regional Bar
Professional disciplinary law
LEADING JUNIORS1Elizabeth Dudley-Jones – Deans Court Chambers ‘Elizabeth knows the health and social care sector inside out from both an entity regulation and professional discipline perspective. She is thorough and always well-prepared, in conference she is excellent at explaining the strengths and weaknesses of the client’s case and devising a collective action plan, and in terms of advocacy, she is eloquent and persuasive before tribunals.’