Capsticks LLP’s regulatory practice represents health and social care regulators, as well as regulators in the veterinary, equine, legal services, and education sectors. It also acts for police forces in police misconduct matters. Professional regulatory sector head Mark Whiting routinely represents national regulatory bodies; regulatory division leader James Penry-Davey ‘stands out in this area of practice’; Kate Steele currently oversees a substantial fitness to practise caseload; Nicole Curtis is a specialist in healthcare, veterinary, and equine matters; and Mark Rogers heads up the firm’s Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) work. The practice also includes the ’very responsive and thoughtful’ Ian Brook, an adviser to the SRA; Anna Holdsworth, who acts for the GDC and Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC); Jenny Wood, who leads the division’s NMC work; Keziah Pearson, who is ‘highly regarded by clients and peers alike’; John Tippett-Cooper, who acts for the SRA in disciplinary cases; and Victoria Sheppard-Jones, who presents cases before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) for the SRA. Other experienced figures are Cameron Scott, Michael Collis, Louisa Atkin and David Collins, as well as Louise Culleton, Hannah Pilkington, Adelita Thursby-Pelham, Tamsin Ryder, Louise Wilshire and Amy Wilson.
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‘Outstanding in the field of professional regulation. Capsticks is unique within the professional discipline for its extremely wide range of regulator clients across multiple sectors, including healthcare, legal services, education and more.’
‘The firm has a very good reputation for the quality of the work it provides to a number of regulators.’
‘A top-tier team that is extremely highly regarded across the sector for meeting its clients' needs. Expert in their area and they have a great market presence.’
‘They have unrivalled expertise in SRA work.’
‘Nicole Curtis is an exceptional lawyer and extremely supportive. Her clients, rightly, value her extremely highly. Nicole undertakes a huge amount of work, and she never seems to stop or ever drop the ball.’
‘Ian Brook is very responsive and thoughtful; and Keziah Pearson is a relentlessly hard-working partner, who is highly regarded by clients and peers alike.’
‘James Penry-Davey stands out in this area of practice. Conscientious, hard-working, focused, and with good common sense. A very safe pair of hands.’
‘Jenny Wood - a kind lawyer who wants the best for her client and is solution orientated, offering up pragmatic new ways of working.’
Key clients
- Solicitors Regulation Authority
- Health and Care Professions Council
- Social Work England
- General Chiropractic Council
- Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
- Farriers Registration Council
- Teaching Regulation Agency
- General Dental Council
- Nursing and Midwifery Council
- General Osteopathic Council
- Bar Standards Board
- General Optical Council
Work highlights
- Acted for the SRA in disciplinary proceedings against an immigration solicitor, who was alleged to have been recorded by an undercover journalist advising how to obtain fraudulent accountancy evidence in support of a spousal visa.
- Acted for the Health and Care Professions Council in disciplinary proceedings against a registered paramedic and senior manager at the Trust, who was alleged to have sexually assaulted a junior colleague.
- Acted for Social Work England in relation to a social worker, who was alleged to have developed a personal relationship with a child in her care.
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James Penry-Davey, Mark Whiting