- Sarah Ellson
- Partner, Manchester
- Field Fisher Waterhouse
- sarah.ellson@ffw.com
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+44 (0)16 1200 1773
Sarah Ellson is a partner and head of
our Public and Regulatory Law Group and
our Manchester office.
Sarah specialises in the health and life sciences, education and professional
services sectors and has experience of all aspects of the Group’s
work, in particular the prosecution of cases before the fitness to
practise committees of bodies including the General Medical Council
and the Nursing and Midwifery Council. She also presents cases
before disciplinary panels and undertakes advocacy at some
regulatory tribunals.
Sarah sits as a legal assessor for the
General Teaching Council the Human Fertilisation and Embryology
Authority and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Sarah
has worked for a number of smaller and start up regulators and
licensing bodies, as a result she has been involved in drafting and
interpretation of regulations. She has conducted review projects on
complaints handling and licensing procedures for public bodies. She
works on judicial reviews, appeals and CHRE cases and has
specialist experience in statutory prosecutions in the Magistrates
Court in areas including childcare and the illegal practice of
dentistry.
Sarah regularly provides bespoke training for
Panellists and those who act as adjudicators and also for
investigative and disciplinary staff at a range of regulators. She
also trains Police Authority staff who have to deal with conduct
matters.
Sarah is described by Chambers Guide to the
Legal Profession as “a very fair prosecutor who clearly has a
first-class grasp of the practice area”… she also impressed sources
with her “thorough understanding of the area” and “sensible,
user-friendly attitude.”
Sarah is a Committee member of the Association
of Regulatory & Disciplinary Lawyers (ARDL) and the Manchester
Law Society and regularly Chairs and speaks at national and
international conferences on regulation in health and social
care."