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Grace Khaile

Blake Morgan LLP
Grace has a degree in history and international relations from Royal Holloway University and a Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) from The University of Law. She received the Lord Diplock from the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple which facilitated her Bar Professional Training Course which she undertook in London. Grace was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2020 and completed pupillage in July 2022.

Prior to joining Blake Morgan, Grace practised at the independent Bar of England and Wales with a focus in domestic and international criminal law. Grace has extensive experience undertaking criminal advocacy in the Crown Court and Magistrates Court, with experience prosecuting and defending a range of matters. She also has experience in regulatory advocacy having represented the Nursing and Midwifery Council as external counsel before a period secondment at the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
Grace has contributed to legal publications having edited the 2024 sexual offences chapter in Archbold (practitioner’s guide). She has also written an article for the Bar Council on issues affecting female barristers who come non-traditional backgrounds. In August 2024 Grace was featured in the Expert Journal having written an article on the Proceeds of Crime regime.

Grace is fluent in six South African languages.

Practice Area

Panel

  • Contributing Author

Qualified Year

  • 2020

Experience

  • Red Lion Chambers (2022 - 2023)
  • Mountford Chambers (2023 - 2024)
  • Nursing and midwifery Council (2024 - 2025)

Membership

  • The Middle Temple Association
  • The Bar of England and Wales
  • The Young Middle Temple Association
  • The Black Barrister’s Network
  • The Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers

Qualifications

  • History and International Relations (2018)
  • GDL (2019)
  • BPTC-LLM (2020)

Education

  • Royal Holloway University (2018)
  • University of Law (2019)
  • University of Law (2020)

2 Contributions by Grace Khaile

Criminal law and healthcare fitness to practise: referrals, disclosure, interim orders, evidential use of convictions, sanctions and ROA exceptions (England and Wales)
PRACTICE NOTES
Criminal law and healthcare fitness to practise: referrals, disclosure, interim orders, evidential use of convictions, sanctions and ROA exceptions (England and Wales)
This Practice Note provides a practical overview of the impact that criminal investigations, prosecutions and convictions may have on healthcare practitioners, and on the integrity of the register that regulators have a statutory duty to maintain. It should be considered alongside the Practice Note: Common principles in fitness to practise proceedings and the relevant Practice Note for each regulator below: General Dental Council—fitness to practise proceedings General Medical Council—fitness to practise proceedings General Optical Council—fitness to practise proceedings General Pharmaceutical Council—fitness to practise proceedings Health and Care Professions Council—fitness to practise proceedings Nursing and Midwifery Council Proceedings—fitness to practise proceedings Social Work England—fitness to practise proceedings Function of criminal courts v fitness to practise proceedings The distinct purposes of the criminal courts and professional regulators, and how they interact, were analysed in Bawa-Garba v GMC. The appeal centred on the correct approach to a conviction for gross negligence manslaughter when applying fitness to practise sanctions, particularly where the registrant is not considered to pose a continuing risk to patients. The case concerned a doctor specialising in paediatrics, who was found...
Local Government
Healthcare regulators: common principles, procedure, evidence, interim orders and sanctions in fitness to practise proceedings
PRACTICE NOTES
Healthcare regulators: common principles, procedure, evidence, interim orders and sanctions in fitness to practise proceedings
This Practice Note seeks to summarise the leading case law and shared principles that arise in fitness to practise (FtP) proceedings before most healthcare regulators’ FtP panels. It sets out the common procedural phases, including investigation and the admissibility of evidence, the scope of case examiners’ powers, interim orders, and recurring themes such as dishonesty and racist language. The term ‘registrant’ refers to the regulated professional who is the subject of FtP proceedings. It should be read alongside Practice Note: Criminal proceedings and convictions in healthcare regulatory proceedings and the separate Practice Note for each regulator listed below: General Dental Council—fitness to practise proceedings General Medical Council—fitness to practise proceedings General Optical Council—fitness to practise proceedings General Pharmaceutical Council—fitness to practise proceedings Health and Care Professions Council—fitness to practise proceedings Nursing and Midwifery Council—fitness to practise proceedings Social Work England—fitness to practise proceedings This note applies to the healthcare regulators overseen by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). For additional reading on the PSA, see Practice Note: Professional Standards Authority. Overview of fitness to practice proceedings Language and titles may differ between regulators but, broadly, there...
Local Government
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