# External Legal Services \(Solicitors - England and Wales\)

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by General Medical Council \(GMC\).

## Key facts

- Buyer: [General Medical Council \(GMC\)](/buyers/general-medical-council-gmc/contract-awards)
- Supplier: [Fieldfisher LLP](/suppliers/fieldfisher/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £500,000
- Tender value: £500,000
- Award date: 23 May 2019
- Published: 2 October 2019
- Contract start: 20 May 2019
- Contract end: 19 May 2022
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: c88ddce6-a155-4c56-ba83-ffc134b65267-317405
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-01102173-e065-442e-ac59-711069027ec0

## Description

The GMC has a substantial and well established in-house legal team\. The in-house legal team carries out the majority of the legal work for the GMC in relation to the exercise of its core statutory functions\. It is now the sole provider of legal services in respect of the investigation of cases in relation to individual medical practitioners, as well as the conduct on behalf of the GMC of resultant cases before the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service \(MPTS\) and litigation before the courts of England and Wales\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c88ddce6-a155-4c56-ba83-ffc134b65267-317405)