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20 Bonhill Street
London
EC2A 4DN
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Sarah Atkinson
Position
Senior Associate
Career
Sarah is a Senior Associate in the Regulatory team. Sarah is primarily responsible for investigating and preparing fitness to practise cases on behalf of various regulatory bodies. Sarah leads investigations on behalf of both the Architects Registration Board (ARB) and Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
In her HCPC work, Sarah is particularly experienced in investigating complex cases involving dishonesty and sexual misconduct. Sarah’s cases often involve a multitude of issues that require her to exercise a pragmatic and measured approach to investigations. Sarah’s work on behalf of the ARB involves investigating a variety of complex cases often relating to high value architectural projects or matters of misconduct. Sarah has recently begun to investigate and prepare cases on behalf of the General Optical Council.
Prior to joining Kingsley Napley in 2017, Sarah acted on behalf of medical defence organisations representing doctors, dentists and other healthcare professionals. The scope of Sarah’s work included advising on disciplinary, criminal, coronial and regulatory matters.
Languages
English
Lawyer Rankings
London > Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
(Rising stars)Kingsley Napley LLP
is consistently sought out by regulators for prosecution work. It is also well known for defending law firms, accountancy practices and regulated professionals. Regulatory head Nicola Hill
routinely advises the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC); Julie Norris is ‘excellent, intelligent and tough‘; Julie Matheson focuses on the accountancy, audit and built environment sectors; Shannett Thompson ‘picks up on cases’ every detail‘; and Iain Miller‘s experience incorporates disciplinary proceedings. Also highly rated, Melinka Berridge represents leading national regulators; Hannah Eales is ‘a standout practitioner‘; and recently-elevated Jessica Clay advises on a range of SRA-related matters. At senior associate level, Charlotte Judd routinely defends accountants and accountancy firms; Kathryn Sheridan represents regulatory bodies presenting hearings before their practice committees; Sarah Atkinson leads investigations on behalf of both the Architects Registration Board and (HCPC); and Clare Hastie is experienced in investigating and preparing fitness to practise cases.
Lawyer Rankings
- Professional discipline London > Dispute resolution
- Rising stars London > Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Employment > Immigration
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Employment > Senior executives
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Dispute resolution > Costs lawyers
- Private client > Court of protection
- Private client > Family
- Private client > Family: mediation
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Health and safety
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Real estate > Residential property
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Public sector > Education: individuals
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Licensing
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity