Healthcare student wins university fitness to practise appeal

HCR Law was approached by a healthcare student after receiving a decision to terminate their studies following a university fitness to practise panel’s finding that they were currently impaired.

The allegations the student faced centred on alleged historic misconduct. We assisted the student by drafting and submitting the written appeal within the prescribed deadline, highlighting the multiple instances of procedural irregularity demonstrated by the university throughout the fitness to practise investigation and subsequent hearing.

We also instructed a barrister to represent the student at the in-person appeal hearing. After hearing our oral submissions, in conjunction within the written appeal and associated documents, the university’s appeal panel agreed there had been severe procedural irregularity and overturned the existing panel’s decision to terminate the student’s studies.