Regulatory & Professional Disciplinary

Professional Regulation exists to ensure the highest standards from key professions across many aspects of their service-delivery. Naturally, this gives rise to an equally broad range of issues for both professionals and the regulators that govern them, as does the varying expectations and opinions of clients and the public.

SA Law’s comprehensive legal services for professionals and regulators help to minimise the risks they face, and includes full representation during investigations and disciplinary proceedings. With extensive experience in key areas such as financial dishonesty, criminal convictions and acquittals, malpractice, negligence and fraud, we can help you to defend or pursue allegations from the initial investigation interview to Judicial Review.

We represent professionals at all stages of the disciplinary. We will draft a response, review evidence, advise on sanctions and mitigation and provide representation at the hearing. We can also make an application for a Judicial Review if appropriate. We understand how sensitive investigations can be, and the potential damage they can cause even if your name is cleared. Clients of SA Law benefit from our much broader service-offering, which includes niche expertise in reputation management and defamation.

Regulators choose us because of our comprehensive expertise and familiarity with codes of conduct, disciplinary procedures and standards of practice. We not only help to draft and amend these documents, but also assess whether they are being followed correctly during investigations and disciplinary proceedings. We represent regulators when pursuing cases against professionals, and also advise on challenges to previous decisions at the appeal stage or at Judicial Review.