Professional conduct proceedings
Fitness to practise and conduct proceedings affecting people in your business.
How we can help
- Advising registrants facing conduct or fitness to practise allegations
- Preparing the written response to initial allegations
- Representation at interim order hearings
- Preparing evidence of insight and remediation
- Representation at substantive hearings and appeals
- Advising the business where an employee faces proceedings
What happens next
- Send us the letter of allegation and any material provided with it.
- We advise on the process, the realistic outcome and the immediate priorities.
- We prepare the response and represent through to conclusion.
Fees for this work
Quoted individually. Many registrants have cover through an indemnity provider or membership body — check before you pay privately.
Common questions
How early should we get advice?
At the first letter. The written response to initial allegations is what decision-makers read, and a large proportion of cases are closed or narrowed at that stage. It is far easier to get right than to correct.
Can a registration be restricted before any findings?
Yes. Interim orders can restrict or suspend practice while an investigation continues, where a regulator considers there is a risk. These hearings move quickly and are often the most urgent part of a case.
What is the business's position if an employee is referred?
Related but not identical to the individual’s. The business may have its own regulatory obligations, and there can be a conflict. Being clear from the outset who is being advised avoids a much bigger problem later.
Does an apology make things worse?
Generally not — regulators are concerned with current fitness to practise, and evidence of insight and remediation frequently improves the outcome substantially. How it is expressed matters, which is what advice is for.
Tell us what's happened
Confidential, reviewed by a solicitor, answered within one working day.