Lecturer Details: DFT Dento Legal Elements

Lecturer nameDr Leo Briggs
Lecturer profileLeo qualified in 1989, worked in both the Community Dental Service and General Dental Practice. He has an MSc in Periodontology and is on the GDC specialist register for Periodontics. He became a dento-legal adviser for the DDU in 2005 and was appointed Deputy Head of the DDU in 2016.
Lecturer nameMr Faisal Dhalla
Lecturer profileFaisal specialises in corporate and commercial law and advise a wide range of private and public sector organisations on mergers and acquisitions, company and business sales, joint ventures and collaborations, commercial contracts and banking and finance law.
He acts for clients who operate in a variety of industries such as health and social care, manufacturing, construction, engineering and IT. In particular, he acts for clients embarking on “buy and build” strategies. Faisal is experienced in advising shareholders on shareholder exits, in particular, exits involving sales to large corporate groups.
Faisal advises on all aspects of corporate commercial transactions, including: due diligence, regulatory compliance (e.g. CQC), sale and purchase agreements, warranties and disclosure, board and shareholder resolutions, bank financing and security.
Lecturer nameMr John Makin BDS PgDL PgCDE FHEA
Lecturer profile
John qualified in Manchester in 1983 and has worked as a general dental practitioner in both NHS and private practice in Lancashire and Devon. He was involved with Foundation Training for many years as an Educational Supervisor and then Training Programme Director with the Manchester and Exeter DFT Schemes.

John has postgraduate diplomas in law and dental education and served on the GDC’s Fitness to Practise Committee before becoming a full time dento-legal adviser with The Dental Defence Union where he has had significant involvement in the development and delivery of DDU’s undergraduate and postgraduate education programmes. He lectures throughout the UK on range of dento-legal topics and is the author of numerous articles on the subject, John is now Head of the DDU.