Barry is a highly experienced lawyer with hands-on knowledge of professional regulation, having worked in-house for the Solicitors Regulation Authority, General Medical Council and other healthcare regulators. He has extensive experience of the court structure in England & Wales and the European Court of Justice including most judicial and quasi-judicial tribunals, which adds to his wide and detailed involvement in the British parliamentary process and the prosecution of crime.
In addition to being a Solicitor Advocate in England & Wales, he is an Attorney at Law for the State of New York.
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Client, Paramedic
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Client, NHS Chief Executive
An extremely able advocate. He possesses an incisive mind and is fair, firm and authoritative. He quickly gets to the nitty gritty of a case.
District Judge
Expertise
- Corporate governance
- Risk assessments and investigations
- Fitness to practise and regulatory expertise
- Training for regulators
- Appraisal and appointment of case examiners and external inspectors
- Progression of backlogs, blocked or slow investigations
- Expert systemic and individual case reviews
- Regulatory, civil and criminal legal expertise
- Mentoring of managers and investigators
Experience
- Advised on a wide range of matters for the Solicitors Regulation Authority whilst acting as the Interim Director of Investigation and Supervision, and casework consultant.
- Prepared reports on fitness to practise function for Chair and Chief Executive at the General Dental Council.
- Interviewed and recruited case examiners along with providing training for case examiners and competency assessors at the GDC.
- Trained fitness to practise panellists at the General Dental Council.
- Reviewed interim orders process and performance of legal assessors within a well-known regulatory body.
- Advised on a wide range of topics and audited complex cases within the General Medical Council whilst acting as the Principal Legal Advisor.
- Advised on defective decision making within the Nursing & Midwifery Council and referrals back to committees.
- Advised on how to efficiently progress large backlog of cases within the Nursing & Midwifery Council.
- Supervised the investigation into Haringey Social Workers following Baby P case and drafted final report.
- Reviewed and revised the investigation process at General Social Care Council including devising a plan and timetable for dealing with a large backlog of cases.
- Prepared a Risk Assessment Report – the Review of Fertility Centres in the United Kingdom on behalf of the Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority.
- Chaired inspection teams for the Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority.
Recognition
Member of the Association of Regulatory & Disciplinary Lawyers (ARDL)
Winner of the ARDL Mentor of the Year Award 2022
Career
Barry qualified as a solicitor in 1992. Prior to joining Keystone Law, he worked at the following firms:
- Solicitors Regulation Authority
- General Dental Council
- General Medical Council
- Nursing & Midwifery Council
- General Social Care Council
- Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority