Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) Defence Barristers
Kings View Chambers is a leading chambers who has gained an excellent reputation for representing and defending nurses and midwives before the Nursing & Midwifery Council. As a leading chambers specialising in healthcare law and regulation, our barristers give high quality specialist advice and have unrivalled experience in defending and representing nurses and midwives including issues with registration, allegations made against you for poor professional competence, health issues and allegations of misconduct.
NMC Fitness to Practise
Kings View is a leading chambers who has gained an excellent reputation for representing and defending nurses and midwives before the Nursing & Midwifery Council. As a leading chambers specialising in healthcare law and regulation, our barristers give high quality specialist advice and have unrivalled experience in defending and representing nurses and midwives including issues with registration, allegations made against you for poor professional competence, health issues and allegations of misconduct.
If you have been referred to the Nursing and Midwifery Council, it is important that you seek professional legal advice to protect your reputation and professional career. Our barristers have experience acting for nurses in both the public and private sectors.
We are a leading public access barristers chambers’ specialising in healthcare law which means that you can instruct us directly without the need to go through a law firm which can incur additional unnecessary costs.
What we do
- NMC fitness to practise referrals
- NMC fitness to practise hearings
- Appeals against a Fitness to Practise Panel determination
- Interim Order hearings
- Appeals against an Interim Orders Panel determination
- Preparing your case before the Case Examiners
- Help with the decision of the Case Examiners
- Help with a consensual panel determination
- Help with voluntary removal
- Registration advice
- Appeal against refusal of registration or re-registration
- Restoration to the Register
- Investigation and disciplinary hearings at work
- Criminal investigation and proceedings
- Police cautions
- DBS [Disclosure and Barring Service] issues
NMC Student Fitness to Practise Defence Barristers
The standards set by the Nursing and Midwifery Council expected of registered nurses and midwives apply equally to nursing and midwifery students. A finding of impaired fitness to practise could have lasting and significant implications for nursing and midwifery students.
We also act for, and represent, nursing and midwifery students facing competency, conduct and other fitness to practise proceedings.
Recent Cases
Fitness to practise data 2025: what UK doctors must learn from rising concerns and how early action protects careers
The GMC’s 2025 fitness to practise data shows a system under increasing pressure. Concerns rose sharply—13,465 triaged, a 25% increase on the previous year—yet only around 3% of doctors faced any regulatory action. For most doctors, the message is not that the GMC is...
GDC case closed with no action after referral back to Case Examiners
A dental professional has been cleared to continue practising without restriction after the General Dental Council (GDC) Case Examiners closed a fitness to practise case with no action. A dental professional has been cleared to continue practising without restriction...
GMC investigation closed following legal representations
A healthcare professional, identified as KT, instructed Kings View Chambers after experiencing difficulties with a number of ongoing regulatory matters. A healthcare professional, identified as KT, instructed Kings View Chambers after experiencing difficulties with a...
Suspension revoked at MPTS review hearing following six-month order
A doctor who had previously been suspended by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) has had the suspension revoked with immediate effect following a successful review hearing.A doctor who had previously been suspended by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal...
NMC News and Articles
When does delay in fitness to practise proceedings become unfair? High Court considers seven-year NMC case
Can lengthy fitness to practise delays amount to unfairness or an abuse of process? The High Court examines a seven-year NMC case and the legal implications for healthcare regulators and registrants.
Whistleblowing remains a significant source of fitness to practise concerns across healthcare professions
Recent regulatory data suggests that whistleblowing continues to play an important role in bringing potential fitness to practise concerns to the attention of professional regulators across the healthcare sector.
High Court warns against prolonged interim orders in fitness to practise cases
The High Court has delivered an important reminder to healthcare regulators that interim orders are protective measures, not a substitute for progressing a fitness to practise investigation.