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  • Specialists in university fitness to practise cases
Sequentus - fitness to practise lawyers

Affordable help with university fitness to practise cases

If you are student facing fitness to practise proceedings by your university or one of the professional regulators, we can help.

We’re a not-for-profit and charge a fixed fee of £960 +VAT for specialist legal advice and preparing your case for both investigations and hearings. If necessary, our lawyers can represent you at a hearing.

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

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Get low cost professional legal advice

We charge a fixed fee of £960 +VAT, regardless of what stage your university fitness to practise case is at, or how long it goes on for.
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Initial Review and legal advice

No matter how complex your case is, we will carry out a comprehensive review and provide you with a document which sets out the legal and factual issues that need to be dealt with. We will give you detailed advice on potential defences to the allegations that you are facing.

We will also explain the process that your university or regulator will follow. Even if you have already received a notice from your university or proceedings have started, we can still assist.

Case Preparation

We prepare your case, including dealing with the university on your behalf, compiling evidence and bundles and drafting any legal arguments that are necessary.

Representation

If your case is going to be heard by an FTP panel our lawyers can represent you at the hearing.

Our FTP experts

...your team. With you every step of the way.

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Khaled Hussain-Dupré
Senior Case Lawyer // Director of Legal Education

Khaled is a qualified lawyer whose main area of practice is professional discipline. He is regularly instructed to represent healthcare professionals in fitness to practise proceedings and also leads the development of our legal education programmes.
Ben Bardell
Junior Case Lawyer

Ben focuses on case preparation for professional discipline hearings and specialises in the early resolution of regulatory concerns.
Jyoti Kumar
Junior 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.
Niina Ankers
Junior Case Lawyer // Mediation Lead

Niina is a CMC accredited mediator and leads our mediation team. Having completed the Bar training course Niina represents clients in interim hearings and university FTP cases.
Sam Wilson
Programme Director - FTP

As a practising nurse who is re-training to become a solicitor, Sam understands both facets of regulatory proceedings. She works tirelessly on behalf of clients, focussing on empowering registrants so that they can make informed choices about their case.
Khaled Hussain-Dupré
Senior Case Lawyer // Director of Legal Education

Khaled is a qualified lawyer whose main area of practice is professional discipline. He is regularly instructed to represent healthcare professionals in fitness to practise proceedings and also leads the development of our legal education programmes.
Ben Bardell
Junior Case Lawyer

Ben focuses on case preparation for professional discipline hearings and specialises in the early resolution of regulatory concerns.
Jyoti Kumar
Junior 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.
Niina Ankers
Junior Case Lawyer // Mediation Lead

Niina is a CMC accredited mediator and leads our mediation team. Having completed the Bar training course Niina represents clients in interim hearings and university FTP cases.
Sam Wilson
Programme Director - FTP

As a practising nurse who is re-training to become a solicitor, Sam understands both facets of regulatory proceedings. She works tirelessly on behalf of clients, focussing on empowering registrants so that they can make informed choices about their case.
Khaled Hussain-Dupré
Senior Case Lawyer // Director of Legal Education

Khaled is a qualified lawyer whose main area of practice is professional discipline. He is regularly instructed to represent healthcare professionals in fitness to practise proceedings and also leads the development of our legal education programmes.
Ben Bardell
Junior Case Lawyer

Ben focuses on case preparation for professional discipline hearings and specialises in the early resolution of regulatory concerns.
Jyoti Kumar
Junior 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.
Niina Ankers
Junior Case Lawyer // Mediation Lead

Niina is a CMC accredited mediator and leads our mediation team. Having completed the Bar training course Niina represents clients in interim hearings and university FTP cases.
Sam Wilson
Programme Director - FTP

As a practising nurse who is re-training to become a solicitor, Sam understands both facets of regulatory proceedings. She works tirelessly on behalf of clients, focussing on empowering registrants so that they can make informed choices about their case.

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 and university FTP. Our work is part-funded by innovative partnerships with leading UK universities.

We understand the stress that comes with facing allegations made by your university. The financial pressures, the uncertainties of not knowing what the outcome will be and whether you can continue to study or qualify… 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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Contact us for a free initial discussion about your case:

Khaled Hussain-Dupré

Senior Case Lawyer – Director
khd@sequentus.org

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Alternatively you can call us on 020 3151 8015 or scroll down to book a free appointment online.

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Benjamin Bardell
Benjamin BardellClosed at screening
Our client was facing allegations of bullying junior members of staff. Following our intervention the case was closed at the screening stage.
Benjamin Bardell
Benjamin BardellNEWS: free counselling for fitness to practise clients
From January 2025 we are offering free counselling to all of our professional clients facing professional discipline proceedings.
Khaled Hussain-Dupré
Khaled Hussain-DupréLegal representation
We were recently instructed by a nurse who decided to change representation part way through her fitness to practise hearing.
Khaled Hussain-Dupré
Khaled Hussain-DupréMisconduct
We recently defended a healthcare professional facing misconduct charges including dishonesty and intentionally contributing to the death of a patient. During the course of a four-week hearing many of the charges were deemed to be no case to answer and on the remaining charges we secured a caution order as the final outcome.
Khaled Hussain-Dupré
Khaled Hussain-DupréSexual misconduct interim order hearing
We were instructed at the last minute to defend a healthcare professional in an interim order hearing relating to sexual misconduct. We successfully challenged the quality of evidence being advanced by the regulator, resulting in no interim order or restrictions being applied.
Khaled Hussain-Dupré
Khaled Hussain-DupréMisconduct
We provided legal advice and support to a healthcare professional in a case involving alleged misconduct and the death of a patient, with a five week hearing. We represented the client in parts of the substantive hearing of their case, resulting in a finding that their fitness to practise was not impaired.
Khaled Hussain-Dupré
Khaled Hussain-DupréAppeal on sanction
We recently provided a healthcare professional with legal advice in relation to appealing the sanction in their case.
Benjamin Bardell
Benjamin BardellClosed at screening
We recently helped a nurse facing regulatory concerns get her case closed at the screening stage on the basis that the referral was unsubstantiated and the result of bullying in the workplace.
Khaled Hussain-Dupré
Khaled Hussain-DupréAppeal on sanction
We provided legal advice to a medical student facing allegations of sexual misconduct.
Khaled Hussain-Dupré
Khaled Hussain-DupréAppeal on sanction
We provided representation for a healthcare professional facing an interim order review following a breach of their conditions of practice.
Khaled Hussain-Dupré
Khaled Hussain-DupréAppeal on sanction
We provided a healthcare professional with legal advice on appealing the outcome of their case and successfully negotiated for the matter to be remitted back to a fresh panel.
Khaled Hussain-Dupré
Khaled Hussain-DupréAppeal on sanction
We provided legal advice and representation to a social work student facing misconduct charges and secured a finding of no impairment.
Benjamin Bardell
Benjamin BardellNEWS: Qualifying Work Experience skills training dates
We are pleased to announce that we will be offering our QWE skills training programme from 8 April and 8 July 2025. The programme is designed to help students from non-traditional backgrounds and those who need to gain experience whilst working around existing work, study and family commitments work remotely to secure the experience that is necessary in order to qualify as a solicitor through the SQE route.
Khaled Hussain-Dupré
Khaled Hussain-DupréAdvice and grounds of appeal
We were instructed to review the outcome of a mental health nurse's fitness to practise hearing and provide legal advice and draft the grounds of hear appeal.
Khaled Hussain-Dupré
Khaled Hussain-DupréAdvice and grounds of appeal
We were recently instructed by a pharmacist to represent them at a substantive order review hearing and secured no further order.
Benjamin Bardell
Benjamin BardellClosed at screening
Our client was facing allegations of bullying junior members of staff. Following our intervention the case was closed at the screening stage.
Benjamin Bardell
Benjamin BardellNEWS: free counselling for fitness to practise clients
From January 2025 we are offering free counselling to all of our professional clients facing professional discipline proceedings.
Khaled Hussain-Dupré
Khaled Hussain-DupréLegal representation
We were recently instructed by a nurse who decided to change representation part way through her fitness to practise hearing.
Khaled Hussain-Dupré
Khaled Hussain-DupréMisconduct
We recently defended a healthcare professional facing misconduct charges including dishonesty and intentionally contributing to the death of a patient. During the course of a four-week hearing many of the charges were deemed to be no case to answer and on the remaining charges we secured a caution order as the final outcome.
Khaled Hussain-Dupré
Khaled Hussain-DupréSexual misconduct interim order hearing
We were instructed at the last minute to defend a healthcare professional in an interim order hearing relating to sexual misconduct. We successfully challenged the quality of evidence being advanced by the regulator, resulting in no interim order or restrictions being applied.
Khaled Hussain-Dupré
Khaled Hussain-DupréMisconduct
We provided legal advice and support to a healthcare professional in a case involving alleged misconduct and the death of a patient, with a five week hearing. We represented the client in parts of the substantive hearing of their case, resulting in a finding that their fitness to practise was not impaired.

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.

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