James Penry-Davey > Capsticks LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

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Work Department

Dispute resolution.

Position

Experience

James leads Capsticks’ regulatory team. He joined Capsticks in 2007 and has extensive experience of advising statutory regulators, principally the General Dental Council, the Nursing and Midwifery Council, the Health and Care Professions Council and the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

Expertise

James is responsible for the delivery of our work to the General Dental Council and Nursing and Midwifery Council and he’s often involved in complex, high profile and sensitive cases. James handles regulatory cases in the High Court, including judicial reviews, appeals and challenges to interventions into solicitors’ firms. In addition, James provides advice on a broad range of legal issues in regulatory cases, including policy and guidance, and the application of the Data Protection Act, the European Convention on Human Rights and the common law duty of confidence.

James delivers bespoke training sessions to in-house teams and has also appeared as an advocate before the committees of regulators.

Career

Qualified as a: (i) barrister in 2005 (QEB Hollis Whiteman Chambers); (ii) solicitor in 2012. Made partner 2014. QEB Hollis Whiteman (Pupil / Barrister) 2005 / 2006. Capsticks solicitors 2007 onwards (qualified as a solicitor in 2012).

Memberships

Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers.

Leisure

Tennis, football, cricket, squash and cycling.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Dispute resolution > Professional discipline

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James Penry-Davey – Capsticks LLP

Capsticks LLP’s regulatory practice represents health and social care regulators, as well as regulators in the veterinary, equine, legal services, and education sectors. It also acts for police forces in police misconduct matters. Professional regulatory sector head Mark Whiting routinely represents national regulatory bodies; regulatory division leader James Penry-Davey ‘stands out in this area of practice’; Kate Steele currently oversees a substantial fitness to practise caseload; Nicole Curtis is a specialist in healthcare, veterinary, and equine matters; and Mark Rogers heads up the firm’s Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) work. The practice also includes the ‘very responsive and thoughtful’ Ian Brook, an adviser to the SRA; Anna Holdsworth, who acts for the GDC and Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC); Jenny Wood, who leads the division’s NMC work; Keziah Pearson, who is ‘highly regarded by clients and peers alike‘; John Tippett-Cooper, who acts for the SRA in disciplinary cases; and Victoria Sheppard-Jones, who presents cases before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) for the SRA. Other experienced figures are Cameron Scott, Michael Collis, Louisa Atkin and David Collins, as well as Louise Culleton, Hannah Pilkington, Adelita Thursby-Pelham, Tamsin Ryder, Louise Wilshire and Amy Wilson.

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