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

General Dental Council close case with no further action

The General Dental Council has closed its investigation into our clients' fitness to practise, with no further action.The General Dental Council has closed its investigation into our clients' fitness to practise, with no further action. Our client, A, faced multiple...

Successful GMC restoration for our client

In this case, our client, IB, was successful on their first attempt seeking restoration to the General Medical Council’s (GMC) register.  Their application was opposed by the GMC.In this case, our client, IB, was successful on their first attempt seeking restoration...

Doctor able to practice unrestricted

A number of recent cases, where doctors were sanctioned by the GMC, has raised questions about the regulator’s stance on the issue of doctors taking part in climate protests. Is the GMC’s stance justified and what should doctors know when they consider taking part in...

NMC finds no misconduct for our client

In this case, our client, F, faced fitness to practise proceedings before the NMC dating back to 2018.In this case, our client, F, faced fitness to practise proceedings before the NMC dating back to 2018. This case has been before the Nursing and Midwifery Council...

The “real prospect” test – the standard by which you will be judged

The test applied to determine if your fitness to practise investigation will be referred to a full hearing is called the “real prospect” test.

OY

Using a Barrister was a first time experience for us, and Stephen explained everything in a polite, non-patronising manner and always showed us the full extent of his knowledge.

RG

I would just like to express my sincere thanks to Catherine Stock who was absolutely amazing on how she handled my NMC case for Restoration to Nursing.

DS

Catherine Stock represent me in a NMC Case with great excellence and expertise showing great empathy, compassion and understanding.

FPT

Honesty. Integrity. Transparency and Partnership with you in a time of great need is what Kings View Chambers Catherine Stock & Steven McCaffery extended towards me as a professional nurse.

NMC News and Articles

Interim Orders in Professional Regulation

Interim Orders in Professional Regulation

Interim orders are a crucial regulatory tool used early in fitness to practise investigations but with potentially significant impacts on healthcare professionals’ practice, careers, and personal well-being.

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