Every regulated professional faces a different regulatory environment. The processes, decision-making structures, evidential thresholds and sanction frameworks differ significantly between the GMC, NMC, HCPC, GDC, GPhC, SSSC and SRA: and between healthcare, legal and financial regulation more broadly. Understanding those differences, and knowing what a well-constructed response looks like in each forum, is central to effective regulatory defence.
Regulatory Defence Limited acts across the full range of professional sectors. Whether you are a nurse facing an NMC fitness to practise hearing, a pharmacist dealing with a GPhC interim order, a solicitor under SRA investigation, or a social worker before the SSSC, we bring the same solicitor-led, substantive approach to your case. We do not outsource to unqualified caseworkers or rely on generic templates.
Jake Herman, the firm’s founder and director, spent years as in-house lawyer at the General Medical Council before establishing Regulatory Defence in 2023. That experience of how regulators investigate, decide and prosecute from the inside informs every instruction we take, regardless of which sector your case falls within.
We act for doctors (GMC), nurses, midwives and nursing associates (NMC), allied health professionals and social workers registered with the HCPC, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians (GPhC), dentists and dental care professionals (GDC), social workers in England (Social Work England), social service workers in Scotland (SSSC), solicitors (SRA), teachers in England (Teaching Regulation Agency), and accountants regulated by ACCA or ICAEW. If your profession is not listed, contact us and we will tell you whether we can assist.
Yes. We act for solicitors, barristers and legal executives facing SRA investigation or referral to the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. We also act for accountants and finance professionals facing ACCA, ICAEW or FCA proceedings. And we act for athletes, clubs and intermediaries in sports disciplinary matters.
Often. Many regulatory matters have an employment dimension, suspension by an employer, compromise agreements running alongside regulatory proceedings, or whistleblowing claims connected to the underlying facts. We work with specialist employment solicitors through our referral network and ensure both aspects of your case are properly coordinated.
We act for professionals regulated by bodies not listed here, including ACCA, ICAEW, GOC, GOsC, GCC, BACP and others. If your regulator is not listed, call or email us and we will tell you within minutes whether your case falls within our practice.
Yes, a free, confidential one-hour consultation with Jake Herman. We will listen to the facts, give you an honest assessment of your position, and tell you what we can do. There is no obligation to instruct us.
We offer hourly and fixed-fee options depending on the stage and nature of your case. All fees are agreed in advance and we provide a clear costs estimate before we start. Contact us for a fee indication once you have told us about your matter.