Marios Lambis

Marios Lambis

Marios Lambis

Described as a pleasure to deal with, clients say he is capable and down to earth, and further admire his steady hand in dealing with healthcare disciplinary matters 

Chambers UK 2011

An experienced regulatory and disciplinary practitioner whose practice encompasses both a civil and international dimension.

He has for many years acted before disciplinary committees of various regulatory bodies. This includes the General Medical Council where he regularly appears on behalf of doctors at Adjudication stage and in the High Court.  He also appears before the General Dental Council, the Nursing & Midwifery Council, the General Social Care Council and other regulators.

He regularly advises in foreign jurisdictions and holds a Diploma in European Competition Law from King's College, London.

He also regularly defends in cases of murder, fraud, hijacking and other serious offences. His fraud work involves offences of all descriptions including those created to fund terrorist activities in the United Kingdom and beyond.

He also often chairs meetings between multinational corporations and non-governmental organisations both in England and abroad.

Notable Cases

Professional Discipline
Case name GSCC v Ward & Christou ('Baby P')
Appearance Presenting on behalf of GSCC
Category
Detail Advised and represented the General Social Care Council (GSCC) in its case against the Haringey Social Worker and Team Leader responsible for Peter Connelly’s (Baby P) case. The case was the first where the GSCC sought to argue the joinder of registrants despite its rules not expressly permitting the same. The Registrants accepted all the allegations made against them, and after hearing submissions the Committee found them guilty of misconduct and suspended their registrations.
Case name GMC v Jeevaratnam
Appearance For GMC
Category
Detail Case against junior doctor who had deliberately added to a patient’s medical records to suggest she had carried a certain medical examination which she had not, unaware that the "unaltered" medical notes had already been faxed to the Coroner.
Case name GMC v Jacobs
Appearance For GMC
Category
Detail Multi-factorial case against a female general practitioner who had failed to onwardly refer patients and then sought to amend computer records to hide that failing.
Case name GMC v Mercer & Mercer
Appearance For GMC
Category
Detail Case against husband and wife. General practitioner found to have deliberately altered QOF information on the practise computer and individual patient records. His wife had assisted him.
Case name GMC v Tocca
Appearance For GMC
Category
Detail Psychiatrist who discharged a long standing psychiatric patient who went on to inflict a serious physical assault his own elderly mother within hours.
Crime
Case name R v Rayon Oates
Appearance Leading for the Defence
Category Riot
Detail Defendant was accused of being one of the leaders of the riot that took place at HM Immigration Detention Centre at Harmondsworth in July 2004. The case involved arguments including the proper form of consent from the Director of Public Prosecutions and involved some 3,500 hours of CCTV allegedly showing the millions of pounds worth of damage caused. After an 8 week trial the Defendant was acquitted of riot.
Case name R v Verkaeren & others
Appearance Defence
Category Serious Fraud
Detail Multi-million pound pan-European re-insurance fraud involving arguments of enforceability, implied actual authority, ostensible authority and ratification. The Serious Fraud Office offered no evidence after three months of legal argument.
Case name R v Hassan & others
Appearance Defence
Category Aircraft hijacking
Detail Defended in the then only second hijacking trial to take place in England. Case involved Issues of duress of necessity, proportionality and the applicability of the Nuremburg Convention and other international treaties governing crimes against humanity.