Craig Ferguson

Professional Discipline

Craig has over a decade of experience appearing in proceedings at the General Medical Council, General Dental Council, and other healthcare regulators. From 2011, the entirety of his regulatory practice involved defending regulated professionals, and he has been instructed by all the major indemnity providers to advise and appear on behalf of their members. He has been instructed by the leading solicitors in this area, commonly to represent highly eminent leaders in their field of practice.

Craig has experience of all forms of Interim Order and Fitness to Practice hearings involving issues of performance, health, and misconduct. In addition, he has experience of NHS England proceedings, and regularly appears in Coroners’ Courts. He has represented numerous professionals who faced concurrent proceedings in the criminal courts and before their professional regulator, especially in cases involving allegations of fraud and manslaughter. Until his decision to focus his practice on criminal regulatory matters and inquests, he was consistently ranked in Band 1 in Chambers UK (Professional Discipline).