Regulatory
“St John’s Buildings has a particularly strong track record defending medical-related professional disciplinary matters brought by the GMC, and is equally well regarded in General Dental Council (GDC) cases. Elsewhere, members prosecute in matters involving the RSPCA and HSE, among other bodies.”
Legal 500 2015
The regulatory team at St Johns Buildings, operating from our 4 key sites across the North, offers a consultant service to clients and agencies countrywide. We provide a depth of knowledge and expertise offered by senior juniors and Silks with a proven track record across the complete range of regulatory work. Regulatory practitioners have represented a diversity of clients including multinational corporations and a number of cases have resulted in successful applications to the Court of Appeal. Our specialist disciplines include:
- HSE Prosecutions
- EA prosecutions
- Food Hygiene
- Waste Management
- Local Council prosecutions
- Advice on legal Compliance
- Education
- Licensing
- SRA investigations, interventions and disciplinary procedures
- FSA investigations and prosecutions
- BSB Disciplinary Tribunals
- OLC investigations
- GMC Disciplinary Tribunals (Defence)
- Police Complaints Authority and other Police Regulation and disciplinary work
- RSPCA Prosecutions
- OFSTED Prosecutions
- General Dental Council
- General Optical Council
- General Pharmaceutical Council
- Nursing and Midwifery Council
- Health and Care Professions Council
- Traffic Commissioner Public Inquiries
The extent of our experience and areas of work, the depth of the expertise we offer and the outstanding quality of our written work, negotiation and advocacy skills, mean that wherever we appear and in whichever court, clients are able to rely on dedicated regulatory practitioners of the highest calibre.
We have an extremely high standard of conferencing facilities within chambers, including telephone and video-conferencing should they be required. Our services and business practices are designed to deliver the highest quality of service.

Andrew O'Byrne QC
Year of Silk: 2006
Jamie Hill QC
Year of Silk: 2006
Brendan Kelly QC
Year of Silk: 2008
Andrew Long
Year of call: 1981
Peter Harrison
Year of call: 1983
Raquel Simpson
Year of call: 1990
Andrew Green
Year of call: 1992
Richard Orme
Year of call: 1993
Craig Lowe
Year of call: 1994
Gordon Stables
Year of call: 1995
Ian Goldsack
Year of call: 1997
Ghazan Mahmood
Year of call: 1997
David Taylor
Year of call: 1998
David James
Year of call: 1998
Oliver King
Year of call: 2001
David Pojur
Year of call: 2001
Aaminah Khan
Year of call: 2001
Robert Cline
Year of call: 2002
Richard Thyne
Year of call: 2002
Christopher Moss
Year of call: 2002
Abigail Hudson
Year of call: 2003
Ben Lawrence
Year of call: 2003
Diarmuid Bunting
Year of call: 2006
Philip Clemo
Year of call: 2007
Peter Gilmour
Year of call: 2007
Douglas Lloyd
Year of call: 2008
Laura Nash
Year of call: 2009
David Baines
Year of call: 2009
Rebecca Penfold
Year of call: 2012
Thomas Sherrington
Year of call: 2015
Maria Brannan
Year of call: 2017
David Jones
Year of call: 2019