CURRICULUM VITAE

 Name:                                       CHRISTOPHER MORRIS

Qualified:                                    Dental Surgeon - 1979

    Solicitor - 1993

Qualifications:                            BDS LLM

Joined Hempsons:                     1991, Partner 1996

Position:                                      Partner, Healthcare Litigation and Head of Dental Team

Profile:

Christopher Morris qualified as a dental surgeon and worked in General Dental Practice for ten years before training as a solicitor.  He has established a specialist practice in dento-legal matters covering a wide range of legal issues relevant to dentistry as well as offering specialised advice and general help in care related matters.

Expertise:

·        Dento-legal matters

·        Defendant clinical negligence litigation for dentists; doctors and the NHS Litigation Authority

·        GDC/GMC and other regulatory bodies

·        PCT law

·        NHS regulatory work

Cases:

·        Parry –v- Day (1996)

·        GDC –v- Ayliffe (2003)

·        GDC –v- Coffey (2003)

·        GDC –v- Bruwer (2004)

·        Numerous other GDC/GMC cases

Publications:

·        Chris is a regular contributor to the dental press on dento-legal topics and lectures widely to the dental profession.  He is Legal Advisor to the British Dental Journal. 

Memberships:

·        Law Society

·        British Dental Association

·        Dental Law & Ethics Forum (Current President)

·        Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers