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A LAW FIRM WITH A
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE
MEET THE TEAM
LEGAL SERVICES FOR PHARMACY
www.gordonsols.co.uk

Susan Hunneyball, Partner and contact for Pharmacy Regulation
susan@gordonsols.co.uk | 01483 451900
Susan is a solicitor with considerable experience in advising pharmacists and pharmacy
companies. She joined Gordons from Charles Russell Speechlys LLP in September 2019.
In professional discipline matters Susan represents pharmacists in proceedings before the
General Pharmaceutical Council, and advises on appeals from that body to the High Court.
She represents healthcare professionals in conduct issues involving NHS England.
Susan is regularly instructed in applications for inclusion in the Pharmaceutical List (market
entry applications) and appeals to NHS Resolution, acting as solicitor advocate in the latter.
She also has expertise in relation to appeals to the First Tier Tribunal.
She advises on inquests, public and administrative law (including judicial review) and acts for
pharmacists in relation to prosecutions, mainly high value fraud, brought by the CPS and other
prosecuting agencies.
Legal 500 2020 said:
"I worked with Susan Hunneyball for many years. She is one of very few lawyers in the country
with extensive specialised knowledge of pharmacy law... Her knowledge of NHS regulation in
the primary care sector is detailed, and this is rare in a highly regulated area."
" ...Susan Hunneyball. Encyclopaedic knowledge of the healthcare sector. She combines a
reassuring client presence with a very good judgement as to what will work and what will not,
and a willingness to get stuck in to try to solve the client's problem."
Neil Grant, Partner and contact for Health and Social Care
neil@gordonsols.co.uk | 01483 451900
Based in Guildford with Gordons Partnership Solicitors, Neil Grant heads up the firm's Health
and Social Care Provider Team, which includes our specialist pharmacy law service to chemists
across England and Wales. Neil and his team only act for registered providers and
professionals, not regulators, commissioners or patients, ensuring we avoid conflicts of interest
in the overlapping and complex world of healthcare regulation.
Neil is experienced in dealing with all types of regulatory and contractual action taken against
healthcare providers and professionals, including removal of registration, prosecutions and
commissioning disputes. Neil is also a non-contentious lawyer who can advise on technical
registration issues and undertake due diligence as part of commercial transactions.
Richard Creamer Partner and contact for Healthcare
Professionals
richard@gordonsols.co.uk | 01483 451900
Richard qualified as a solicitor in 2002. Prior to joining Gordons Healthcare team in 2017,
Richard was a partner at Hempsons Solicitors and Hill Dickinson LLP for a total of six years.
Before becoming a solicitor Richard worked as a dentist having gained his Bachelor of Dental
Surgery from Sheffield University. During his clinical career, Richard worked as a General
Dental Practitioner and a clinical assistant in Orthodontics. Richard's clinical experience is of
particular value in his work acting for doctors and dentists in regulatory proceedings before
the General Medical and General Dental Councils, NHS England investigations and in clinical
negligence claims.
Richard also has a particular experience in acting for individual practitioners and corporate
bodies in NHS Contract disputes and NHS Protect criminal investigations, particularly those
involving alleged breaches of contract, inappropriate claiming and clawbacks.

Roy Donnelly, Consultant- Healthcare
roy@gordonsols.co.uk | 01483 451900
Roy Donnelly MBBS (University of NSW), MBA (University of Technology Sydney), LLB (University of
NSW), FRACMA, FFCFM.
He is an overseas registered legal practitioner from New South Wales Australia and is working as
a Consultant in our Healthcare Unit under the supervision of our partners in Healthcare.
In addition to his Australian qualifications as a legal practitioner, Roy holds medical
qualifications, an MBA, and is an Australian registered medical practitioner.
Roy specialises in clinical negligence, professional conduct and regulatory matters involving
health practitioners, as well as Coronial inquests.
Lily Rose Lloyd, Associate- Healthcare
lily@gordonsols.co.uk | 01483 451900
Lily graduated with an Upper Second Class honours degree in Law (LLB) from the University of
Greenwich in 2015. She went on to complete the Legal Practice Course with a LLM in Professional
Legal Practice at the University of Law in Guildford in 2016.
After finishing her LPC LLM, Lily went to work as a paralegal at a local mental health firm representing
patients sectioned under the Mental Health Act 1983. Following this, Lily joined our Guildford office in
February 2017 and after completing her training she qualified in September 2019 as a Solicitor and
works in the Healthcare department.
Lily’s work includes assisting doctors, dentists and pharmacists in matters before their regulatory
bodies; GMC, GDC and GPhC including conducting her own advocacy at Interim Order hearings. Lily
has also broadened her practise to involve assisting healthcare professionals at Inquests.
Brendan Costello, Associate- Healthcare
brendan@gordonsols.co.uk | 01483 451900
Brendan assists in all areas of Gordons’ healthcare practice. This includes Trust disciplinary matters,
Regulatory proceedings (GMC / MPTS & GDC), Employment Tribunal proceedings, clinical
negligence claims, Inquests and criminal defence litigation.
He regularly attends Medical Practitioner Tribunal Service Hearings, General Dental Council
Hearings, Trust Disciplinary Hearings, Inquests, the High Court, Criminal Trials and Police interviews
to advise and represent clients (including doctors, dentists and health care professionals).
Brendan has regular contact with clients who face an investigation by their Regulator, Employer,
the Police, as part of an Inquest or a combination of the above.
Matthew Barlow, Solicitor- Healthcare
matthew@gordonsols.co.uk | 01483 451900
Matthew graduated from the University of Kent, Canterbury with a BA (Hons) degree in Politics
and Law in 2015. In 2018 he completed the LPC with MSc in Law, Business and Management at
the University of Law, Guildford.
He began his legal career working in mental health law where he primarily assisted those
detained under various sections of the Mental Health Act.
Matthew qualified as a Solicitor into the Healthcare Regulation department in Gordons Guildford
office in March, 2022. His work includes assisting doctors, dentists and pharmacists with regard
to their regulation by the GMC, GDC and GPhC and in the event that they are involved in an
Inquest. He also deals with the defence of clinical negligence and other claims brought against
healthcare professionals and practices. Matthew has recently assisted pharmacy clients with
market entry applications, an unusual appeal to the Magistrates Court against the imposition of
an Improvement Notice and an appeal regarding the GPhC Registration Assessment.

James Gordon, Partner and contact for Corporate and Banking
james@gordonsols.co.uk | 020 7421 9421
James studied law at Oxford University before spending two years at one of the big four Japanese securities houses. He
trained at Linklaters and subsequently worked for them in London, New York and Tokyo. In 1994, he left Linklaters to
become one of the founding partners of Gordons. As well as being a solicitor since 1988, he was admitted as an
attorney and counsellor at law at the Bar of the State of New York in 1990.
James is a highly rated corporate and banking lawyer based in our London office. His expertise is in banking, securities,
venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and commercial tie-ups generally. He is much sought after by
clients for the depth of his expertise, knowledge and experience, along with his ability to match the service provided by
the ‘bigger guns’ of the corporate world.
Derek Robins, Partner and contact for Commercial Litigation
derek@gordonsols.co.uk | 020 7421 9421
Derek worked in the finance and music industries before pursuing a career in law. In 1997 Derek became the firm’s first
trainee, qualifying in 1999. He became a partner of the firm in 2007. Derek is a commercial lawyer based in our London
office with particular expertise in commercial contracts (including supply, procurement and distribution agreements)
and commercial dispute resolution. He is renowned for his efficiency and is popular with clients for his approachable
and pragmatic style.
Jude Barter, Partner and contact for Employment and Commercial
jude@gordonsols.co.uk | 020 7421 942
Jude completed her first degree in Drama and Comparative Literature at the University of Kent. She spent a number of
years working in the financial sector before converting to law. She joined Gordons as a trainee in 1998, qualified in
2000 and became a partner in 2007. She is based in our London office.
Jude specialises in company, commercial and employment law. Her particular commercial expertise is in dealing with
venture capital, private equity investment and acquisitions and disposals. She also practices in all aspects of
contentious and non-contentious employment law. She provides day to day support for a number of large employers
and her measured, patient advice is appreciated by employers and employees alike.
Adrian Jones, Partner and contact for Property
adrian@gordonsols.co.uk | 01483 451900
Adrian has specialised in commercial property work since qualifying in 1993, working for both landlords and tenants in
relation to all aspects of commercial leases, as well as buyers and sellers of businesses and banks and borrowers in
secured lending transactions.
Working in conjunctions with our colleagues in the Health and Social Care department, Gordons Partnership provides a
"one stop shop" for the purchase or sale of pharmacies that can handle all aspects of pharmacy transactions -
property and regulatory.
Kathryn Johns, Senior Associate and contact for Property
kathryn@gordonsols.co.uk | 01483 451900
Kathryn studied Law with European Law at Warwick University, which included a year abroad studying law in France
and Germany. She subsequently qualified as a solicitor in 2005 with Howard Kennedy in the West End of London, going
on to work for firms in Reading and Basingstoke. Kathryn joined the Property Department of Gordons as a Senior
Associate in the autumn of 2019 in our Guildford office.
She specialises in commercial landlord and tenant law and the sale and acquisition of commercial properties, both as
portfolios and as individual transactions. Kathryn is experienced in dealing with commercial property transactions for
pharmacies, doctors’ and dentists’ surgeries, care homes and children’s day nurseries.
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