John Grant

Saturday 5th March:12.45-13.30
How to avoid your lawyer!

Lawyers are a necessary evil – in an ideal world, they would not exist!
No one would ever get a divorce or have an accident. There would be no employment claims and business partners would never fall out.

It would be possible to buy a dental practice without making any enquiries about UDA performance, or whether Denplan patients had been correctly banded. One would be able to engage Associates and not be concerned that they may leave and set up in practice taking all of their patients with them. PCTs would all be fair minded and reasonable, and the CQC would not exist at all!

Unfortunately we do not live in an ideal world - the key, in the real world, is to recognize the fact that problems and disputes do arise, that attitudes and circumstances change and to ensure that contact with lawyers and fees paid to lawyers are as limited as possible whilst at the same time doing what is necessary to protect oneself and ones Practice.

Biography

 
John Grant has been a practicing lawyer for 25 years.

For the last 20 years he has been advising the dental profession on the legal aspects of running a dental practice.

His clients include associates, practice managers sole principles, expense sharers, partnerships and dental corporates. He also acts for a number of dental practice agents, specialist dental accountants, IFA’s and others providing services to the dental profession.

John regularly presents at talks and seminars around the country on a wide variety of issues affecting the dental profession.

John is on the panel of specialist lawyers recommended by the BDA, he is a member of the legal group within the National Association of Specialist Dental Accountants (NASDA) and is currently Chairman of the Association of Specialist Providers to Dentists (ASPD).

He is the Managing Partner and Head of the Dental Department at Cohen Cramer Solicitors, one of the country’s foremost providers of legal services to the dental profession.