Social Work England
(SWE) Defence Barristers
Kings View is a leading chambers specialising in healthcare law and regulation. We have vast experience in defending and representing all healthcare professionals in all courts and tribunals. With our vast experience in healthcare regulation comes an understanding of the complexities of working in health and social care. We can provide health and social care professionals with high quality specialist advocacy and advisory services.
SWE Fitness to Practise
Kings View is a leading chambers who has gained an excellent reputation for representing and defending social workers facing Social Work England fitness to practise proceedings. 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 social workers including issues with registration, allegations made against you for poor professional competence, health issues and allegations of misconduct.
If you have been referred to Social Work England, it is important that you seek professional legal advice to protect your reputation and professional career. Our barristers have experience acting for social workers 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.
Recent Cases
Pharmacist escapes erasure with representation from Kings Chambers
IK faced extremely serious allegations relating to both his personal and professional conduct. A negative finding could have resulted in immediate erasure from the register. Our client, a pharmacist, IK, has avoided the most severe sanction of removal from the...
Case review: GMC closes case against doctor without sanction
The General Medical Council (GMC) has closed a Provisional Enquiry into doctor A with no further action taken. The enquiry followed a complaint concerning Dr A’s treatment of an elderly patient. The General Medical Council (GMC) has closed a Provisional Enquiry into...
Doctor escapes serious regulatory action following fitness to practise investigation
A doctor has received a formal warning following a fitness to practise investigation, avoiding more serious regulatory action after a drink driving incident.A doctor has received a formal warning following a fitness to practise investigation, avoiding more serious...
Doctor secures successful outcome at MPTS hearing following expert legal support
A doctor has successfully defended their professional standing following a full fitness to practise hearing before the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS). A doctor has successfully defended their professional standing following a full fitness to practise...
SWE News and Articles
High Court ruling highlights risks of facing fitness to practise hearings alone
High Court ruling warns that attending fitness to practise hearings without specialist legal support can lead to unfair outcomes.
2025 Fitness to Practise in Review: Key trends shaping UK regulation
Our 2025 fitness to practise review highlights key FtP issues, major regulatory trends and the strong outcomes we achieved for clients this year.
Assessing insight when a registrant denies allegations in fitness to practise proceedings
How fitness to practise panels can assess genuine insight when a registrant denies allegations and offers no apology, balancing fairness with public protection.
