Charles Foster
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Position
Charles Foster is a specialist in regulatory, medical and public law.
He has been involved in some of the key cases in medical law in the High Court, Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court.
He has vast experience representing clinicians and healthcare professionals brought before the MPTS, GDC, NHS tribunals, NMC. Represents clients at subsequent appeals up to and including the Administrative Court and the Court of Appeal. He receives instructions from MPS, MDDUS, MDU and also on a privately funded basis.
He was the Chambers and Partners Junior of the Year for Professional Discipline in 2011, and has for many years been recognized as a leading barrister for Professional Discipline and Clinical Negligence in the Chambers and Partners directory and the Legal 500.
Education
St. John’s College, Cambridge University (BA 1984: Vet. MB, MRCVS 1987: MA 1988). Read Medical Sciences Tripos, Law Tripos and Clinical Veterinary Medicine. Sir Bartle Frere Exhibition. Constable Essay Prize.
Inns of Court School of Law: Bar Finals 1988.
PhD, University of Cambridge: Faculty of Law, 2012 (for published work on autonomy and human dignity): Examiners: John Spencer (Cambridge): Richard Huxtable (Bristol)