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by admin | Dec 24, 2024 | Testimonial

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“I had difficulty finding a legal representative to help with my complex and unusual issue with HCPC. But as soon as I found HCPC Defence Barristers, I sensed that I was in good safe hands, and so it turned out.”

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Social Work England Fitness to Practise Success

by admin | Dec 3, 2024 | Case Study, Legal, Social work

We have recently achieved great outcomes for our clients facing fitness to practise proceedings before Social Work England. In the first recent case, our client, WM, was subject to an early review of a substantive order listed at the request of Social Work England,...

HCPC Unsuccessfully Challenges our Client’s Registration Application

by admin | Nov 26, 2024 | Case Study, Legal

Our client, RLN, instructed us regarding a registration issue. The HCPC were questioning his application and had referred him to a Registration Panel. He contacted us following a huge amount of communication with the HCPC but, thankfully, before submission of that...

Successful HCPC Registration for our Client

by admin | Nov 25, 2024 | Legal

Our client, RLN, instructed us regarding a registration issue. The HCPC were questioning his application and had referred him to a Registration Panel. He contacted us following a huge amount of communication with the HCPC but, thankfully, before submission of that...

Responding to Fitness to Practise Allegations – 10 Things to Consider

by admin | Oct 28, 2024 | Uncategorized

Seek Legal Advice It’s crucial to get expert legal advice early. Fitness to practise investigations are a trial in all but name – complex, formal and adversarial.  For this reason alone, health and care professionals should seek legal advice.  However, this is by no...

“Wait and See” – Is it the right fitness to practise defence strategy?

by admin | Jul 9, 2024 | Legal

When faced with a fitness to practise investigation, should health care professionals “wait and see” or does constructive engagement make a difference to the outcome of a fitness to practise investigation?  Health care regulators will investigate allegations of...

No case to answer in HCPC case for our client

by admin | May 4, 2024 | Case Study

With advice and representation from Kings View Chambers, we have secured a no case to answer for our client, who was facing allegations before the HCPC. In this case, our client was facing allegations regarding impaired fitness to practise before the Health and Care...

HCPC drops case against our client

by admin | Apr 29, 2024 | Case Study, Legal

In a fitness to practise case that has been ongoing for a number of years, the HCPC eventually dropped the case against our client. In this case, the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) decided to proceed with the fitness to practise case against our client,...