Regulatory defence · Healthcare & professionals

A regulator's letter threatens the career, not just the case. Answer it like it matters.

Fitness-to-practise defence for doctors, nurses, dentists and allied professionals, GMC, NMC, GDC, HCPC, and parallel work for accountants, surveyors, teachers and social workers before their regulators. The written stages decide most cases, and the written stages are what this practice does best.

Send the regulator's letter, confidentially See the fee schedule

Career-stakes workTreated with the gravity it carries

Written-stage focusWhere most cases are actually decided

PrivilegedInstructions to a solicitor are confidential

Fees

The fee schedule.

FOUNDING CLIENT RATES: Western Legal is in the process of SRA firm authorisation. Current fees apply until authorisation completes; founding clients keep priority access afterwards.

Schedule of feesGBP · No VAT

Item	What it covers	Fee
Initial response to the regulator	The first letter is the most important document in the case: your account framed properly, insight demonstrated, escalation headed off where possible.	from £2,500
Full written stage	Representations, evidence assembly, remediation portfolio and correspondence through the investigation stage.	from £4,500
Interim order hearing	Preparation and remote representation where the regulator seeks interim restrictions on your practice.	from £2,500
Substantive hearing	Full preparation, with hearing advocacy conducted remotely where permitted or with specialist counsel instructed.	from £6,500
Other regulators	ACCA, RICS, TRA, Social Work England and equivalent fitness-to-practise regimes, same structure, quoted to the regulator's process.	as above

"From" prices are starting fees for standard scope; your exact fee is fixed in writing before you pay anything and never changes after that. Returning clients keep their original rates for 12 months. No VAT is charged: the price quoted is the price paid. Court, tribunal and official fees are shown separately on your quote before you pay anything.

Bespoke and urgent matters outside the schedule: £650 per hour, capped estimates in advance. Corporate retainers from £995/month.

Common questions

FAQs.

Should I just explain everything to the regulator myself?

Early, unadvised accounts are the most common self-inflicted wound in regulatory cases: they fix your version before you have seen the evidence, and inconsistencies later are treated as dishonesty. Take advice before you respond, even the acknowledgment matters.

Does my indemnity provider cover this?

Often, in part, check your policy and your defence organisation cover first, and say what you have in the enquiry. This practice can work alongside or instead of that cover, and will tell you plainly if you are already covered for something you would otherwise pay for.

What is 'insight' and why does everyone keep saying it?

Regulators forgive clinical error far more readily than they forgive its denial. A response that demonstrates reflection, remediation and understanding of what went wrong is frequently the difference between advice, restrictions and erasure, and it must be genuine, which is why it is drafted with you, not for you.

Can this be handled discreetly?

Yes, everything is remote, privileged and confidential by default, and client names are never published by this practice.

Get in touch

Confidential review within 24 hours.

Send a brief outline of your matter. You will receive a personal reply from a solicitor, with a fixed-fee quote where the scope is clear. Payment is taken before work begins; every fee is fixed in writing first.

Emailsp@westernlegal.co.uk WhatsApp+44 7915 318 920

How this practice worksEverything starts in writing, and written replies are fastest. Calls are reserved for engaged clients and Counsel-tier matters, and where a matter needs an appointment it is a single scheduled video appointment, included in your fixed fee.

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