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
Overseas fitness to practise problems can follow you home
Fitness to practise concerns overseas can affect your UK registration. Learn how GMC v Grajn highlights disclosure duties and foreign sanctions.
The right of appeal in fitness to practise cases and why early legal engagement matters
Fitness to practise appeals explained: understand your rights, strict deadlines, and why early legal advice is crucial to avoid adverse findings and protect your career.
Key themes behind midwifery fitness to practise concerns
An overview of the NMC’s midwifery fitness to practise themes, helping midwives understand common risks, strengthen safe practice, and prevent avoidable concerns.