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Keystone Law Offices
48 CHANCERY LANE
LONDON
WC2A 1JF
England
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Cassandra Dighton
Work Department
Healthcare/Criminal Defence
Position
Cassandra is an experienced healthcare and criminal defence lawyer. She has advised on many high-profile cases in the regulatory and criminal jurisdictions and has appeared as an advocate before the Magistrates’ and Crown Courts as well as Fitness to Practise Tribunals.
Cassandra worked exclusively in criminal defence for seven years before joining the General Medical Council as a legal adviser to the Fitness to Practise Directorate in 2013. She has also worked at the Medical Protection Society, the Infected Blood Inquiry and the Association of Optometrists where she was Head of Professional Discipline
Memberships
Winner of Criminal Team of the Year (Modern Law Awards 2015)
Fellow of the Philosophy of Medicine Faculty at the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries
Member of the Ethics Committee at the United Kingdom of Psychotherapy (2018 – 2021)
Member of the Professional Conduct Committee of the United Kingdom Council of Psychotherapy
Medical Ethics and Law MA
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Employment > Employees/unions
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Corporate and commercial > International business reorganisations
- Private client > Court of protection
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Licensing
- Public sector > Healthcare
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Real estate > Residential property
Firm Rankings
- Employment > Senior executives
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting
- Finance > Islamic finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Music
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Transport > Travel
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Transport > Aviation
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Private client > Family
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Insurance > Personal injury: defendant
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Transport > Shipping
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Employment > Employers
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: defendant
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders