Kings View Chambers Reviews 208

Words alone cannot express how good Kings View Chambers are. Being a good lawyer is one thing, being a good lawyer who actually cares about what they do is gold dust. Book an introductory call, i doubt you'll regret it.

Stephen, I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Catherine Stock has been a fantastic help in winning my NMC FTP case after failed effort with previous solicitors. She had my back all the way and I am Uba grateful to her for the outstanding VICTORY.
FN. Brentwood.

Catherine was helpful and informative, she gave me confidence in my case. Thank you for your support. TM

I really can't thank Sarah enough for helping me restore my pco licence. We lost at magistrates but won at crown court. She is good at what she does. Not only her service is value for money she also managed to get some compensation for my loss. I will strongly advise anyone to challenge tfl decision but its important to appoint good representation, she won't let you down whether you win or lose.

Ms Catherine Stock has continued to go well beyond the call of duty. Through her incredible insight, and relentless push on my behalf - we were able to avoid tribunal, whilst maintaining my licence. It’s an outcome I could not have imagined independently given the circumstances. Ms Stock was always available, kind and truly listened. Something that any client undergoing the stress of a GMC investigation should entrust only with the competence and compassion at Kings View Chambers

Very happy with the promptness, professional assistance with a difficult case.

I am immensely satisfied with the service that I received from Barrister Catherine Stock and her law chambers and will recommend this to anyone in need of a professional legal representation.

FA

My sincere and heartfelt Thanks to Catherine and Stephen…

I was referred by coroner to GMC with regards to misconduct, etc early 2021. I found Kings view chambers via Google and contacted them via email just a week before my response submission to rule 7 disclosure. I had prompt response within 24hrs and offered valuable and timely advice over video conference about 60mins by both Catherine and Stephen. I decided without any hesitation after the video conference meeting that my case to be represented by Catherine and Stephen. I opted out from the legal support/team offered by my employer/insurer.

I would like to convey my sincere Thanks to Catherine and Stephen for their phenomenal medico legal skills/experience, and being very professional, and their support/understanding and reassurance and gave me a wonderful Christmas/New year gift by closing my case with no further action and held my 22yrs of impeccable career record untarnished.

Catherine ans Stephen are a great team ( 2 experienced barristers for the price of one) and have done a marvellous/splendid job with regards to my GMC investigation process ( extremely stressful and tedious/time consuming!).

I would strongly recommend Catherine/Stephen -Kings View Chambers service.

S

In 2019, i was referred to the NMC fitness to practice I was quite in shock at the time given my years of unblemished practice. I initially contacted my Trade Union for representation but i felt it was wise to seek a second opinion for advice.
I went online and checked rigorously and found Kingsview Chambers.
I made contact and straightaway i received a call back from Stephen McCaffrey. I explained the situation and he had a clear understanding of the case. I did not doubt his expertise and professionalism.Although he mentioned to have dealt with numerous cases similar to mine during our discussion. Subsequently,Catherine Stock came on board and we took it from there. She explained step by step the strategy to adopt regarding the case. She maintained regular communication, provided guidance,support and advice. She worked relentlessly and was optimistic for a positive outcome to be achieved at the Case Examiners stage.
I could not believe it when she informed me before Christmas that “no case to answer and case closed’.
The news was the best Christmas present that arrived early. I cannot express my gratitude enough to Catherine Stock, Stephen McCaffrey and the entire Kingsview Chambers for all they do. I will absolutely recommend Kingsview Chambers anytime. Thank you so much once again Catherine.

I want to give my sincere Thanks to Catherine for her professional, honest, support, helping the concern raised by a relative, regarding my practice as a social worker, end at the investigation stage, with no case to answer.
Catherine is very knowledgeable, providing step by step advice and guidance throughout.
I would highly recommend her services.

In early 2021 I found myself on the receiving end of what I regarded as a malicious complaint by the relative of a patient of mine. My impression was that rather than deal with the matter in a common-sensical fashion, my employer decided to throw me under a bus and launch what I regarded as a completely unnecessary investigation culminating - almost a year later - in a disciplinary hearing.

I contacted Kings View Chambers on the advice of a friend who had been massively helped by them a few years ago when he himself was facing a malicious GMC referral.

Between Kings View Chambers and my trade union rep (who was also excellent - although my sense is that I got unusually lucky here), I managed to steer a difficult middle course between, on the one hand, as advised by my indemnity provider, just admitting everything I was accused of - which included several allegations that were flatly false - and, on the other hand, coming across to my employer as “unreflective”.

The advice of Kings View Chambers allowed me to feel confident in the stance that I took, which enabled me to keep my job and avoid a GMC referral.

I can’t thank Kings View Chambers enough, and would not hesitate in recommending them to anyone who finds themselves in the same sort of situation as I did.

My GMC tribunal collapsed at Stage 1, thanks to Kings View. If you are reading this, the chances are that you are going through something similar to what I did.

Nothing really prepares you for the stress of going through a GMC investigation, especially a tribunal. The only experience I had had with the GMC was occasional lectures at medical school when the GMC came down to frighten us by showing how doing seemingly reasonable sounding things were going to get us all struck off.

When my referral came through, the information given to the GMC was such mess that neither my indemnity provider nor I could understand what I was being accused of. The advice I had from my indemnity provider was to just sit tight and wait for formal allegations to come through. That took 6 months in the end. I was not going to wait that long without sleep.

Not knowing why I was being investigated was the most difficult thing. It affects you because you think it could be almost anything. There was not a clinical incident. After speaking to colleagues, they suggested I get external legal advice.

I googled and emailed a few barristers for direct access.

To give you an idea of how responsive Kings View were, I emailed Stephen McCaffrey one afternoon. Within three hours, he was on the phone to me and explained exactly what was going on and it took a lot of pressure off because I finally understood what I was facing. From then on, he was my guy.

When NHSE came calling, I instructed Stephen to come with me to my interview and instead of lasting the full 4 hours, we were done in just over 70 minutes. NHSE dropped the whole thing shortly after.

My case went to an MPTS tribunal. Both Catherine and Stephen were supportive the whole way. Both of them look at your case so you have the opinion of two barristers.

Stephen got most of the allegations thrown out at half time, including the most serious charge which would have resulted in suspension or erasure. The final decision was that nothing was proved and the case collapsed in the first stage. That is the best outcome possible and my GMC registration is untarnished.

I am very glad that I did not go with my indemnity provider.

As a doctor, you might see a patient who has seen so many different doctors with different opinions, it’s all a bit of a mess by the time they come to you. It makes sense to get proper advice from the start.

There was an extra cost, but my career is worth a lot more than I paid, many times over.

I would whole heartedly recommend Kings View to anyone.

HCPC Allied Health Professions

High praise.

I would like to sincerely thank Catherine for her help in my case resulting in 'no case to answer.' She was very calm, clear, methodical in explaining the process, outcomes and likely interventions at a time of great stress where my processing capacity was low. I understood the process because of how she delivered the information to me. We had a telephone call and a conference call where she afforded me the opportunity to invite a colleague to be able to help remember the information. Her reply to the HCPC based on my answers to allegations was worded exceptionally well with the focus on the content the HCPC would recognise and promote the greatest credence to myself with a common sense answer-approach, Catherine made it clear to the panel my exact situation and how these events could be interpreted with a punitive view resulting in the no case to answer decision.
I am so grateful to this genuine lady for her professionalism, expertise, manner in which she kept me calm, whilst not giving me false hope.
I cannot recommend her enough - to anyone who needs help in what feels like an impossible situation. She has the knowledge that will carry you through. I thought that my case based on others incorrect interpretation of events, would definitely go further than it did and I feel that Catherine's replies and advice saved me from this, and moreover from a great deal of stress at a time when I was not strong enough to deal with it. I for one know what these situations do to people who were otherwise happy with their lot in life and who don't deserve the anxiety provoking situations these events cause. Never did I (and my excolleagues) ever think this would happen to me.
Thank you, Catherine. I will be sure to recommend you to anyone who would need your assistance.

MW

I have come across many lawyers in the past but I have not seen anyone as great as Catherine Stock. She was like an angel sent to me from heaven to get me out of my trouble. In 2005 I was struck off the nurses register and with the challenges about my case it’s was beyond what I think anyone can help me with. I was so devastated that my life was ruined and that I will never practice again but Catherine held my hand like a little girl that went to cross the river to the other side. When I called her for the first time she didn’t promise anything she was just so thorough with me. She refused to talk about money, charges for stationery or phone calls until towards my hearing. She is always punctual with her appointments and commits to the schedule. I know God will reward her for the good work she’s doing. I really respect and appreciate Catherine for the good work she has done for me . I don’t really don’t know what to say other than thank you again and again👌🙏😀

BE AWARE
I've contacted Mrs Catherine Stock to represent me in my MPTC hearing.
After a phone call in which I explained my situation and handed her my hearing records, she sent me an email stating she is a specialist in the field and that she works on cases similar to mine in daily basis.
In the same email she included the fixed fees required to represent me.
Assuming her email are legitimate I've paid the initial meeting fees to discuss the next step.
Meanwhile she even advised me to inform GMC she would represent me.
We had the phone conversation on 17/11/2021 when surprisingly nothing we discussed corresponds to what she promised in the initial email, based on what I've trust her to make a first payment of over a £1000.
She told me that she apologies but she didn't realise my case its a review of conditions rather than an IOT , which is surprising given that I submitted my documentation to her before payment and we had a prior talk in which I clearly stated.
More she said if I still want her to represent me, the costs will be bigger but anyway she can't really help me at all, and doesn't matter if I am going by myself or she will be there the outcome will be probably the same.
In this case I requested a refund of my payment as I paid based on her initial email in which she confidently said, cases like mine are on her daily basis.
Definitely she doesn't want to refund the money, as obviously that been her way to make a full of me and charge me for nothing but by misled.
Now because of her I am in a position where I will not be able to find a legal representative because of my limited budget and because of a very short time until my hearing.
Then be very aware of this person and her firm
I am really having doubts the reviews on here are genuine I been so silly even to believe that.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Catherine Stock and Kings View Chambers in helping me get a successful outcome at my GMC restoration hearing. Having been erased from the GMC register on grounds of dishonesty and misconduct, I knew it was always going to be a challenge to effectively demonstrate how much I have changed and convince the MPTS panel and GMC to restore me. After looking at several legal firms and barristers I decided to instruct Catherine Stock and Kings View Chambers based on a good personal recommendation and positive reviews, a decision I am very glad I took. I had already done a lot of preparation when I first instructed Catherine Stock. But the work I had done lacked focus and clarity. Over the year leading up to my hearing, Catherine helped condense and focus my written preparation. She gave useful feedback and guidance on all my written submissions, focusing particularly on how I have gained insight and appropriately remediated. She gave me a lot of guidance and spent time helping me write a reflective document, which was a key document used in my hearing, as well as detailed guidance on how to get good references. She was always prompt to respond, in my opinion striking the right balance between email communications and video or phone calls. Although there were times when our opinion on the approach to take differed, she gave sound and useful advice and got me the outcome I wanted. On the lead up to the hearing she helped calm my nerves and gave me the confidence boost I desperately needed. She gave me structure and guidance on how to approach questions I maybe asked, and above all the correct mindset I needed to have on the day of the hearing which proved invaluable. I am forever grateful to Catherine in helping me get full GMC restoration. I am now looking forward to returning back into the profession I love and missed. Kings View Chambers are very fair and reasonably priced with no hidden extras and I am very happy to give my full recommendation.
Kind regards,
Dr N

Catherine Stock & Stephen McCaffrey (KVC barristers) were instructed on my behalf during a GMC conduct investigation (Informed Consent in a patient lacking capacity). The case was dismissed after representation made on my behalf. With the benefit of hindsight I would not hesitate in engaging them again. Strongest possible recommendation

I was reccomended to speak to Mr McCaffrey by my solicitor whom I use in previous legal representation they spoke very highly of his expertise in the type of case I presented. I am absolutely delighted and externally grateful to Mr McCaffrey for handling my the case and getting me the all clear with NFA. The case was complex with Gphc, NHS and Police involved in the proceedings. Kings view team and in particular Mr McCaffrey gave me the best representation throughout and excuited each step in the best possible way and outcome for me and the pharmacy. I would reccomended anyone to speak to S.McCaffrey or King's View for any advice or representation needed in cases of Gphc, NHS or police as an owner or pharmacist. Thanks once again S.M

I am really glad that I chose Catherine Stock to advise and represent me in addressing a fitness to practice process after a lapse in my registration. She insightfully advised me on the best way to resolve the situation as quickly as possible based on her extensive experience with the HCPC. She predicted what would happen accurately and I got the outcome I was looking for. She was reassuring, clear and an experienced guide during what was a very stressful time. I would definitely recommend her for any regulatory legal issues.

I came across kings view chambers following my referral to the NMC ftp committee. This was an online search, looking for specialist Lawyers who were well vested in Regulatory LAW.
One call was all it took to connect me with Catharine Stork. Since 2017 ,I have worked with her providing guidance ,emotional support .She's been a good communicator .She was able to point to me the pitfalls of the case, but still maintained the optimism of a positive out come.
She promises not much ,but delivers great.
Thank you so much Catherine. Keep it up!
lm