Stephen Ballantine is a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales (admitted 1992) and a registered Legal Consultant with the Government of Dubai Legal Affairs Department. He is the Head of Galadari Advocates and Legal Consultants’ Medical Malpractice Group since 2001 and leads a team of Syrian, Egyptian and Emirati lawyers specialised in defending/advising Hospitals, Clinics, physicians, nurses and other medical professionals – and their medical malpractice Underwriters and Reinsurers – in medical malpractice matters in UAE Criminal, Civil and Regulatory proceedings. Stephen is recognised as a leading practitioner/thought leader in this highly specialised area and speaks/broadcasts widely on current medico-legal topics.