Peter Cadman > Russell-Cooke LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Russell-Cooke LLP
8 Bedford Row London
WC1R 4BX
England
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Work Department

Regulation/sport/crime/intellectual property

Position

Consultant. Retained by the Architects Registration Board, Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, the Federation Against Copyright Theft and TM Eye. An experienced litigator who has added to his reputation with involvement in complex regulatory matters; professional regulatory work both on behalf of the professional bodies themselves and individual members of the professions, experienced Sports Law practitioner, considerable experience in contentious Intellectual Property Rights matters both civil and criminal, retained by Premier League Football Clubs in relation to sports law issues relating to the clubs and individual players.

An experienced criminal litigator now largely involved in privately funded cases.

Career

Trained Russell-Cooke Potter & Chapman; qualified 1976; partner 1977; member of Premier League Disciplinary Panel; Chairman of Greyhound Board of Great Britain Appeal Tribunal;  Chair of the Investigation Committee of the Nursing & Midwifery Council; Chair of the Investigation Committee of the Institute of Financial Accountants; Chair of the Disciplinary Panel of the Taxation Disciplinary Board; Member of the Asset Based Finance Association; Legal Qualified Chair of Police Misconduct hearings for Avon & Somerset Police, Wiltshire Police & Gloucestershire Police; Deputy Chair of the Appeal Committee of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants; Honorary legal advisor of British Fencing Association

Languages

French

Memberships

Association of Regulatory Disciplinary Lawyers (ARDL)

Education

Ermysted’s Grammar School, Skipton; King’s College, London (LLB).

Lawyer Rankings

London > Dispute resolution > Professional discipline

At the forefront of regulatory law and professional discipline for at least the last 30 years‘, Russell-Cooke LLP is consistently instructed by the SRA, particularly in relation to insurance disputes and the Compensation Fund; and the team routinely advises major city firms and individual partners on misconduct allegations. The practice also acts for the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy, along with several other professional bodies. The track record of senior partner John Gould includes several high-profile disciplinary proceedings; Matt Bosworth is ‘hugely experienced‘; and Michael Stacey specialises in regulatory advice and litigation, in relation to legal services, architects, accountants, and charity trustees. The second line of key advisers includes consultant and former partner, Peter Cadman, who is regularly mandated by regulatory bodies and individual members of professions; legal counsel and barrister Tom Bradford, who also maintains a professional discipline practice; and the ‘extremely hardworking‘ senior associate Sheetul Sowdagur.