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Outstanding legal advice and representation
Comprehensive legal support for health and care professionals
Health and care fitness to practise
We offer affordable legal advice, assistance and representation for health and care professionals facing fitness to practise cases brought by their regulator.
University fitness to practise
Students who are subject to fitness to practise cases by their university can access our dedicated team of FTP lawyers.
Legal education for aspiring lawyers
From QWE skills and opportunities to formal legal qualifications, Sequentus Education delivers innovative legal education programmes to help aspiring lawyers fulfil their career aspirations.
Improving access to justice
Sequentus was established in 2022 by Khaled Hussain-Dupré, Ben Bardell and Sam Wilson, with the aim of making access to robust legal advice and representation more affordable for health and care professionals who are subject to professional discipline proceedings.
In 2026, we became Sequentus Legal Services, working with our not-for-profit, Sequentus Education which part funds our work through innovative legal education programmes and collaborations with leading UK universities and training providers.
Specialist lawyers
Khaled
Hussain-Dupré
Senior Case Lawyer // Director
Khaled is a qualified lawyer whose main area of practice is professional discipline. He is regularly instructed to represent health and care professionals in complex fitness to practise proceedings, robustly defending against the most serious allegations. Khaled represents clients before practice committees of all the major health and care regulators.
Benjamin
Bardell
Case Lawyer // Director
Ben focuses on case preparation for professional discipline hearings and specialises in the early resolution of regulatory concerns. Ben has extensive experience liaising with regulators and in-depth knowledge of the regulatory frameworks. He also represents clients in both interim order and substantive hearings.
Rebecca
March
Junior Case Lawyer
Rebecca was called to the Bar in 2025, having successfully completed the Bar Training Course LLM, including a pro bono placement with Sequentus. Rebecca now handles a busy caseload of both professional discipline and student FTP cases, representing clients at both interim order and substantive hearings.
Alexia
Cortes
Assistant Case Lawyer
Alexia completed the Bar Training Course at City Law School and now manages client cases, providing legal analysis and advanced preparation for hearings.
Isobel
Stockley
Assistant Case Lawyer
Isobel completed the Bar Training Course at City Law School and is a future pupil barrister. Isobel works directly with clients analysing the issues in their case, and provides feedback and assistance with reflections and engendering insight.
Jyoti
Kumar
Assistant Case Lawyer
Jyoti has a background in regulatory affairs and having completed the Bar Training Course now represents professional discipline clients in interim hearings and university FTP cases.
News and updates
Outcomes, developments and programme announcements
Khaled was instructed to represent J, a paramedic already subject to an interim conditions of practice order. Although the previous…
Khaled Hussain-Dupré
Cases
Sequentus was instructed by three registrants, all nurses working for the Ministry of Defence, in relation to linked referrals about…
Ben Bardell
Cases
Khaled secured a finding of no fact proven against our client, C, a nurse who was accused of sexual assault…
Khaled Hussain-Dupré
Cases
D, a registered nurse, admitted to breaching professional boundaries by entering into a relationship with a patient he had treated.…
Laura Strickland
Cases
Rebecca represented a student of dentistry at a one-day hearing covering lack of academic progression and concerns over professionalism. The…
Rebecca March
Cases
K, a registered midwife faced two allegations around a single incident where she was said to have used medication belonging…
Rebecca March
Cases
I really appreciate your hard work on my case. It was a great outcome having a no case to answer result and without your support the outcome could have been very different. I forward my appreciation again for all the legal and emotional support.
Nurse
Thank you so much. I would not have been able to achieve this great outcome without you and your team. I am so happy and glad that I can continue with my nursing career. I look forward to our catch up. Again Thank you so much. You have really changed my life for the better.
Healthcare Student
I can't thank you enough for your input and updates in getting my case closed.
Nurse
Thank you for assistance – greatly appreciated. I can now focus on moving forward.
Nurse
Throughout the entire process, Sequentus stood by me every step of the way. They took the time to explain everything clearly, prepared me thoroughly for each hearing, and always made themselves available to answer my questions and offer reassurance.
L — Nurse
Thanks to their expertise, guidance, and unwavering support, I was able to demonstrate my insight, remediation, and commitment to safe nursing practice. My final review concluded that I was no longer impaired, and my suspension will lapse, allowing me to return to the profession I love.
S — Nurse
You were so reassuring in a very difficult period, when I am thinking I have spent my life learning this one trade and it might get taken away from me through no fault of my own. You put things in perspective in a practical way.
A — Hearing Aid Dispenser
Your attention to detail is amazing. I really cannot recommend you highly enough and would tell any colleagues to look you up if they were ever in a similar situation. Thank you so much!
T — Hearing Aid Dispenser
I cannot thank Sequentus enough for the support, professionalism, and representation they provided throughout my HCPC Fitness to Practise proceedings.
S — Paramedic
I would highly recommend Sequentus to any healthcare professional facing regulatory proceedings. Their professionalism, communication, and client care were outstanding throughout.
W — Paramedic