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1 ST GEORGE'S ROAD, LONDON, SW19 4DR, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 020 8780 2211
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Fax 020 8780 1141
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300118 WIMBLEDON CENTRAL
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London, Leeds, Birmingham

Dr Peter Marquand

Tel:
Work +44 20 8780 4705
Email:
Capsticks

Work Department

Clinical law.

Position

Peter is a partner and head of Capsticks’ clinical law advisory team. Peter specialises in advising on healthcare law issues and acting on behalf of defendants in clinical negligence claims. His areas of expertise include data protection and freedom of information as well as medico-legal issues; in particular human rights, mental health and consent to treatment cases. Peter also advises healthcare bodies to manage serious incidents arising out of patient care.

Career

Qualified and worked as an NHS doctor before taking up law. Trained at Capsticks, qualified 1996; made partner in 2000; appointed deputy chairman of the Information Tribunal 2005. Publications: ‘Introduction to Medical Law’ (2000) Butterworth-Heinemann.

Member

Royal Society of Medicine; Medicolegal Society.

Education

Cranleigh School; King’s College, London (1984 BSc); Charing Cross & Westminster Medical School (1987 MBBS); Royal College of Physicians (1990 MRCP (UK)); London Guildhall University (1994 Dip LP).

Practice Areas

Clinical negligence - defendant; Healthcare; Mental health

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