2015, issue 1

Pastures new

Nick Torlot DDU dento-legal adviser
Moving on from your practice or retiring? Here's a run-down of the ethical and contractual responsibilities you'll need to consider before removing your brass plaque from outside the door

If the records are being transferred to new owners of a practice, ensure your sale agreement incorporates a clause about record retention

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This page was correct at publication on 22/04/2015. Any guidance is intended as general guidance for members only. If you are a member and need specific advice relating to your own circumstances, please contact one of our advisers.

Nick Torlot
DDU dento-legal adviser

Nick Torlot BDS FDSRCS (Eng) qualified from UCH in 1983 and spent 19 years as assistant and then clinical director of Salaried Dental Services in Hampshire, while continuing to practise clinical dentistry. He has been involved in dental education as an adviser and vocational trainer with the London Deanery and as a trainer with the Winchester scheme. Nick joined the DDU as a dento-legal adviser in 2010.