Jamie Carpenter

Year of call: 2000

Specialist areas:  medical law, professional negligence, regulatory and disciplinary law, the law of costs.

Education:  Trinity College, Cambridge: MA, Philosophy and Linguistics (First Class Honours); Diploma in German (Distinction).  The College of Law, London: Post-Graduate Diploma in Law (Distinction).  The Inns of Court School of Law: Bar Vocational Course (Very Competent)

Publications:

Medical Law Precedents for Lawyers, ed. Charles Foster, Wildy Simmonds & Hill, 2010 (the chapter on civil litigation).

Nutritional Support at the End of Life: the Relevant Legal Issues, European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, May 2007.

• Khan v Solicitors Regulation Authority (DC, 20 May 2010), successfully appealed against a decision of the SRA to refuse to issue a certificate of satisfaction to a Pakistani Advocate applying for admission to the Roll, because of a failure to declare two driving convictions when applying to take the Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test. This was the first ever appeal under new legislation directing appeals of this nature to the High Court rather than the Master of the Rolls.

• Saunders v The Hearing Aid Council [2010] EWHC 629 (Admin) and then this: A successful appeal against an order for erasure as a result of the storage of pornographic images on a work computer.

• Wright and Others v Secretary of State for Health [2009] 2 WLR 267, HL. A successful challenge under the Human Rights Act on behalf of four nurses to a central part of the "Protection of Vulnerable Adults" scheme created by the Care Standards Act 2000.

"Jamie Carpenter is ‘a rising star‘- he is ‘impressively clever‘." Legal 500 2009 

"Jamie Carpenter, 'Someone with the potential to be the best in the field,' he 'ticks all the right boxes and is destined for the big time.' His strength comes from the fact that he 'has a good grasp of costs issues, is full of ideas, and is very strong on his feet'." Chambers UK 2009

"Jamie Carpenter garnered universal praise for his involvement, which included the drafting of 'an absolutely model skeleton.' Although still relatively junior, his 'marrying of the academic and the practical,' together with his 'highly approachable style' have commentators touting Carpenter as a 'major force for the future'." Chambers UK 2008