How a dental professional facing a FTP hearing can help the defence team to help them
IN-PERSON EVENT hosted by West of Scotland Branch
This event is complimentary for all to attend, but please note you need to book in advance.
For non-BDA members we kindly request for you to give a donation to the BDA Benevolent Fund instead of paying a fee (see further details in the 'More information' header).
This lecture will provide an overview of the approach taken by the defence team, when representing dentists at a Fitness to Practice hearing at the Dental Professionals Hearing Service, the organisation that holds independent hearings for cases brought by the General Dental Council about dental professionals’ fitness to practice.
The presentation will focus on helping the audience to understand what a dental professional facing a FTP hearing needs to do to help the defence team to help them, and will provide some interesting anecdotes based on the experience of a leading London-based healthcare regulatory barrister.
18:30 Registration and refreshments
19:00 Lecture - Marios Lambis KC
20:30 Networking
21:00 Ends
A and D
Marios Lambis KC has been undertaking criminal, professional discipline and regulatory work for all of his career. Originally from a criminal practice, which encompassed major frauds and terrorist cases, including the first Iraqi Hijacking trial in which he was the youngest counsel instructed, Marios Lambis KC has been undertaking criminal, professional discipline and regulatory work for all of his career. His experience and level of knowledge has led to him undertaking work before most regulators not only presenting and defending but also advising. This included being one of only eight lawyers (the only junior counsel) invited to advise on the new fitness to practice rules for the organisation that was to take over the hearings for the General Medical Council.
In the course of his career he has advised and/or represented the Home Office, multinational enterprises, non-governmental organisations (‘NGO’s’), many domestic and internationally recognized corporate entities and many regulators. These have covered areas ranging from environmental pollution, health and safety, fitness to practice of professionals of all descriptions (including those facing criminal allegations and the prospect of losing their liberty) and how corporate entities fulfil their many and numerous regulatory requirements and/or obligations.
He has been asked to chair meetings between multinationals and NGO’s both overseas and in the United Kingdom. Marios is also a Recorder of the Crown Court with a licence to try Serious Sexual Offences and to hear appeals. Winner of the Professional Disciplinary and Regulatory Silk of the Year at The Legal 500 UK Bar Awards 2023.
Marios has also recently been shortlisted for both the Professional Discipline Silk of the Year at the Legal 500 UK Bar Awards 2024, and the Chambers and Partners UK Bar Awards 2024.
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We kindly request for non-BDA members to give a donation to the BDA Benevolent Fund
instead of paying a fee.
The BDA Benevolent Fund is a charity supporting all undergraduate dental students, dentists and their dependents, living in the UK who are in financial need.
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Fantastic speaker and very interesting presentation
Well organised event as always
Thoroughly enjoyed the evening
