With you every step of the way
Specialist legal advice, assistance and representation for health and care professionals facing fitness to practise proceedings by their regulator. We also represent students in university fitness to practise cases.
Innovative legal programmes
Comprehensive legal support for healthcare professionals
Health and care fitness to practise
We offer affordable legal advice, assistance and representation for health and care professionals facing fitness to practise cases brought by their regulator,
University fitness to practise
Students who are subject to fitness to practise cases by their university can access our dedicated team of FTP lawyers.
Legal education for aspiring lawyers
From QWE skills and opportunities to formal legal qualifications, our innovative legal education programmes help aspiring lawyers to fulfil their career aspirations.
Improving access to justice
Sequentus was established in 2022 by Khaled Hussain-Dupré, Ben Bardell and Sam Wilson, with the aim of making access to robust legal advice and representation more affordable for health and care professionals who are subject to professional discipline proceedings.
Part of our work is funded by innovative legal education programmes and our collaboration with leading UK universities and training providers. We create meaningful work experience opportunities for aspiring lawyers, helping them to develop the skills that they need in order to fulfil their potential.
Specialist lawyers
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 complex fitness to practise proceedings and also leads the development of our legal education programmes.
Benjamin Bardell
Case Lawyer // Director
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.
Rebecca March
Assistant Case Lawyer
Rebecca was called to the Bar in 2025, having successfully completed the Bar Training Course LLM, including a pro bono placement with Sequentus. Rebecca now handles a busy caseload of both professional and student FTP cases and represents clients at interim order hearings.
News and updates
Outcomes, developments and programme announcements
K faced allegations of neglecting a patient’s safety and the regulator sought an interim suspension order. Ben highlighted the extensive
Benjamin Bardell
Cases
M was the subject of an interim conditions of practice order requiring them to work for a single substantive employer.
Rebecca March
Cases
J faced allegations of low value theft and failing to disclose his fitness to practise case to an employer. J
Benjamin Bardell
Cases
A substantive hearing was scheduled in respect of allegations that F had acted dishonestly in relation to the recording of
Rebecca March
Cases
A faced allegations of harassment and coercive and controlling behaviour in his private life, with the regulator seeking an interim
Khaled Hussain-Dupré
Cases
L was alleged to have breached her conditions of practice order by being named as a director of a company.
Khaled Hussain-Dupré
Cases