Direct Access Barrister
Nicholas Paul Kennan
Direct Access Barrister
Nicholas Paul Kennan
I served as a logistics officer in the Royal Navy before becoming a solicitor in 2008. I obtained my higher rights of audience in criminal and civil proceedings in 2010 before transferring to the Bar in 2015.
Area of Law
Professional Discipline
I have advised healthcare professionals and teachers in proceedings brought by their regulatory bodies (GMC, NMC, HCPC & TRA), and my focus is on ensuring that you are able to continue in your chosen career.
Representing doctors is a particular interest and I have appeared in internal disciplinary hearings where doctors are contractually entitled to legal representation as well as before the Medical Practitioners’ Tribunal Service. A doctor client described me as an advocate who has a combination of “competence, tact, humility and pragmatism with an unique eye for detail.”
I have also successfully represented a student at risk of being removed from a profession allied to medicine course at university and appealed a decision to exclude a pupil from school.
What sort of work do I do?
I accept direct access instructions in professional disciplinary matters.