Representation at interim order hearings

If you are a nurse, midwife or nursing associate facing an interim order hearing or review hearing in relation to your fitness to practise case, we can help.

We’re a not-for-profit and charge a fixed fee of £600 for specialist legal advice, preparing for the hearing and one of our lawyers representing you at a hearing itself. We are regularly instructed by healthcare professionals in all types of cases, from dishonesty to clinical failings, where there is a possibility that there could be restrictions placed on their practice.

Call us on 020 3151 8015 for a free confidential discussion or scroll down to find out more about how we work.

Get low cost legal representation

We charge a fixed fee of £600 for representation at NMC interim order hearings or interim review hearings.

Interim order hearings

Our primary aim is to secure no order, so that there are no restrictions on your ability to practise. In reality this is not always possible, so we offer pragmatic advice and a straightforward approach if we think that a conditions of practice order or suspension are the more likely outcome.

Our experienced qualified lawyers will represent you at the hearing, focusing on challenging the cogency of any evidence which the NMC has provided and robustly dealing with the questions of whether the public protection or public interest grounds are engaged and how we can mitigate any perceived risk of repetition.

Follow up

Once the interim order hearing has been concluded, you have the option to instruct us to handle the rest of your FTP case, from screening and investigation, through to representing you at a substantive panel hearing. We charge £60 per hour, but will usually agree a fixed fee with you once we know exactly what work is involved.

Free mental health support

If you instruct us to deal with all of your fitness to practise case, we will provide you with free counselling to support you through the fitness to practise process.

About us

We are a not-for-profit organisation established in 2022 to provide affordable legal assistance through a dedicated team of qualified lawyers and trainee lawyers who specialise in healthcare regulation. Our work is part-funded by innovative partnerships with leading UK universities.

We understand the stress that comes with facing allegations made by your regulator. The financial pressures, the uncertainties of not knowing what the outcome will be and whether you can continue to work… and the combined effect that all of these things can have on your mental health. We also know that legal fees are just an additional worry on top of everything else.

Our fees are kept as low as possible so that we can help as many people as possible. Our work is covered by professional indemnity insurance. We are not required to be regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

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Khaled Hussain-Dupré

Senior Case Lawyer – Director
khd@sequentus.org

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"Thank you so much for all your help - there is no way that I could have prepared all the documents and presented the case that way you did."

"Your advice and the way the case was prepared gave me hope again."

"I really appreciated you taking the time at the end of each day of the hearing to talk to me and explain everything and let me know what to expect next."

"This process has taken a huge toll on my mental health. Knowing that I have support and can discuss the things that are worrying me is invaluable. Thank you."

"I am so glad that you could represent me - even though I only found out about your service one week before my hearing, it has made a massive difference. Before that I did not know what to do."

We’re registered in England under number 14201467 as a company limited by guarantee and not-for-profit.

We do not undertake reserved legal work as set out in s.12 Legal Services Act 2007.