Alexandra Lane

Alexandra Lane was called to the bar in 2005 and cross qualified as a solicitor 2012, undertaking her criminal higher rights of audience the same year. She is regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. Her background is in general criminal law and white collar crime, but since 2011 she has been representing health care professionals before their regulator as well as the criminal courts and is now an expert in the field of professional disciplinary work. She specialises in representing health care professionals before fitness to practice and conduct committees at both the investigation stage and full hearings. She has represented professionals before a wide range of regulators including The General Chiropractic Council (GCC), The General Osteopathic Council (GOsC), The General Medical Council (GMC), The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), The General Dental Council (GDC), The Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC), The United Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) as well as any associated criminal investigations or proceedings. Alexandra Lane has a high success rate where most cases conclude with no findings against the registrant, either as a result of successful representations at the investigation stage or none of the allegations being found proved at a full hearing. She is renowned for her excellent client care skills, putting clients at ease and supporting them throughout the entire process, from an initial complaint to a final hearing. Her background in criminal work included representing defendants in large VAT and mortgage frauds, including representing one of seven defendants as both solicitor and advocate in one of the FSA’s largest operations for insider dealing. She also represented senior individuals at large international corporations as persons of interest in relation to Libor, Forex and bribery and corruption investigations. She has successfully defended health care professionals accused of criminal offences including driving offences, theft, fraud, voyeurism, sexual assault and murder. In her spare time Alexandra volunteers as a Trustee of a childhood cancer charity after tragically losing her eldest son to the disease in 2018. She lives in Buckinghamshire with her Partner and two other young children and enjoys playing tennis, reading, fitness and spending quality time with her family.