Alistair Hewitt > Weightmans LLP > Leeds, England > Lawyer Profile
Weightmans LLP Offices
VERITY HOUSE
6 CANAL WHARF
LEEDS
LS11 5PS
England
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Alistair Hewitt
Work Department
Healthcare
Position
Alistair is the Managing Partner of the Leeds office and a Partner in the Healthcare and Regulatory team. He is a highly accomplished practitioner and advocate, representing healthcare professionals and providers in regulatory, disciplinary, coronial and criminal proceedings, investigations and prosecutions. He is frequently instructed by the major medical defence organisations (MDOs), healthcare providers and individual professionals in a wide variety of complex regulatory proceedings and misconduct hearings.
Alistair advises on a range of matters including:
- Fitness to practise investigations and hearings at the General Medical Council (GMC) and
- Coroner’s inquests
- Trust disciplinary investigations and MHPS hearings
- Criminal Investigations and Prosecutions
- Performers List investigations and PLDP hearings
- Post Incident Procedures and Misconduct Hearings
- CQC reviews
- First tier tribunal hearings
- Health and Safety investigations and prosecutions
- Judicial Reviews
Alistair is an experienced advocate regularly appearing before MPTS and GDC hearings, Coroners Inquests and Criminal Court hearings. He obtained his Higher Rights of Audience to represent clients in all courts in 2005.
Career
Alistair qualified in 1996. He Joined RadcliffesLeBrasseur in 2006 and was made a partner in 2012. He became managing partner of the Leeds office in 2016.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
Recently merged with RadcliffesLeBrasseur LLP, Weightmans LLP is ‘without a doubt the leader in this field‘. The practice is highly experienced in representing healthcare professionals, and has enviable expertise in solicitor and legal services-related regulation. The team additionally acts in matters concerning architects and accountants. Richard Jolly is national health sector lead, while William Childs, Sam Flew, Anne Green and Simon Gomersall are also health sector specialists. Likewise highly rated, Susanna Heley ‘represents clients before the Solicitors Tribunal methodologically and effectively‘; Ian Sadler acts for medical defence organisations and healthcare professionals; Nigel West‘s ‘success rate is excellent‘; Alistair Hewitt is experienced in a range of disciplinary investigations; and Michaela Nicholas defends doctors, dentists, nurses and podiatrists before their regulatory bodies. Healthcare expert Stewart Duffy is an active legal director, while Alex Leslie and Richard Privett are experienced consultants. The ‘very competent‘ Tom Thurlow is a partner since May 2023.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Employment > Health and safety
- Insurance > Personal injury: defendant
- Real estate > Planning
- Employment > Employment: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Private client > Family: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Real estate > Commercial property: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Public sector > Health