dentists

Our team has many years of experience acting for dentists and dental practices in the legal issues affecting dental practices and in those issues specific to the business and regulation of dentistry.

Our knowledge of the sector is essential to assist you effectively and efficiently.

Here are some areas within which that we regularly assist our clients:

  • Practice sales, mergers and purchases - Please ask us about our fixed fees
  • Incorporation
  • The impact and effect of NHS legislation
  • GDS & PDS Contracts – reviews, negotiation, transfer and disputes
  • Employment issues – employees and Associates
  • Partnership issues, agreements and disputes
  • Regulatory, CQC, disciplinary and fitness-to-practise issues
  • Expansion, business strategy, diversification and specialisation
  • Property matters
  • Tax-planning and retirement

Please click here for Corporate for Dentists and for Commercial and Regulatory for Dentists

contact

For more information speak to Alexander Hall on 0845 55 55 321 or email: alexander.hall@mfgsolicitors.com.

Articles, related links etc...

icon Relocation, Relocation - an article by Alexander Hall in the October 2011 issue of the The Dentist magazine discussing the issue of PCT consent to move premises for NHS practices.
Moment of Realisation - Alexander Hall reports that PCTs may now be persuaded to consent to incorporation, but often on onerous terms. This article appeared in the September 2011 issue of The Dentist magazine.
Raise Your Game - Head of Employment, Sally Morris, examines current employment law issues in the dental surgery. This article appeared in the May 2011 issue of The Dentist magazine.
Returning to GDS - an article by Alexander Hall regarding the conversion process for PDS agreement holders that appeared in the January 2011 issue of The Dentist magazine.
Payment Withheld - an article by Alexander Hall in the July 2010 issue of The Dentist regarding the lawfulness of PCT deductions and the withholding of monthly payments.
PCT Games - the latest strategies being used by PCTs – an article by Alexander Hall published in the April 2010 edition of the Orthodontic Business Supplement.
PDS Plus…or minus? - an article about the new PDS Plus contract from The Dentist magazine, March 2010.
Incorporation Prospects - the incorporation of NHS and mixed practices – from The Dentist magazine, November 2009.
Devil in the Detail - PDS and GDS contracts between dentists and Primary Care Trusts – article from the June 2009 issue of The Dentist magazine.
Achieving Full Sale Value - Selling or buying a dental practice with significant NHS work.

Buying and Selling a Dental Practice – the legal process

Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: Business structures
Part 3: Heads of Terms
Part 4: Funding and Security
Part 5: Budgeting and Costs
Part 6: Due Diligence
Part 7: The Practice Premises
Part 8: Due Diligence – NHS contracts
Part 9: The Sale and Purchase Agreement - An Overview
Part 10: Preparation for Sale for Holders of PDS Agreements
Part 11: Protection of Goodwill
Part 12: Warranties

These guides to the different stages in buying or selling a dental practice were written for and first appeared on the dental website www.dentinaltubules.com during 2010 and 2011.
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