Our client V, a registered nurse, admitted to turning up to work intoxicated, with the potential for patient harm to have been caused.  Representing the client at one-day interim order hearing, Ben set out extensive mitigation, including personal circumstances and analysis of why there was no proven ongoing risk to the public through this one-off incident, which was completely out of character for a nurse with an otherwise exemplary record. The panel accepted Ben’s arguments and decided that an interim order was not necessary, either for public protection or in the public interest, so that V is able to continue practising unrestricted, pending the final outcome in their case.