Louisa is regularly instructed to appear and advise in matters before professional regulatory bodies and tribunals, including the NMC and HCPC – primarily in the healthcare sphere, but also licensing, teaching, financial services and sports law.
She acts for both the registered individual and the regulator, and advises on witness evidence, disclosure, admissibility of evidence and case tactics pre-hearing.
She appears in fitness to practise final hearings, registration appeals, interim order hearings and substantive order reviews. Louisa represents clients in respect of a range of allegations including dishonesty, discrimination, violence, sexual misconduct, lack of competence, ill-health and bringing their profession into disrepute. She has a track record of successfully achieving positive outcomes for registrants of No Case to Answer, Charges Not Proven (including charges of dishonesty), and findings of No Impairment.
Louisa advises and represents clients in respect of Appeals to the First Tier Tribunal, in particular of decisions of the Care Quality Commission and Ofsted. She also has experience in respect of appealing the decision of licensing authorities, including taxi and private hire vehicle licenses.
Louisa’s practice in the Employment Tribunals, as well as her experience before joining Chambers as a Presenting Officer and Case Manager for the HCPC, mean she is well-placed to represent and advise individual registrants or employees, trade unions, regulators, employers and other organisations in relation to the range of regulatory and disciplinary proceedings, including complex and multi-dimensional cases.
About me
When not in court, Louisa likes to be cooking, dancing or halfway around the world – sometimes all three at once. She is also a keen runner and recently ran a Half Marathon in support of a charity close to her heart.
What my clients say
“Her support and understanding of the detail of the case was outstanding in every way. She delivered timely documents and advice throughout and gave us a level of confidence and reassurance we were doing the right thing in taking action. With Ms Simpson standing alongside us we felt empowered and confident throughout this stressful time in our lives.” - Direct Access Athlete Client
“I am very impressed with Louisa: she is reliable, has an outstanding breadth of knowledge, confident and works hard and focussed to put forward and achieve the best. She is very talented and I highly recommend her” - Senior Solicitor & Firm Director/Owner
“I only have positive things to say about working with Louisa, she was able to cut through the complexities of the case to identify the issues and provide pragmatic and commercial advice to the client" - Instructing Solicitor
“Louisa’s involvement has been fantastic and of great benefit to the client. She went above and beyond to assist us and provided some clear and thorough advice which the Partner and I thought was very impressive. I would highly recommend Louisa to any one of my colleagues” - Instructing Solicitor
"Louisa did an excellent job. She had a lot to deal with at short notice…She got exactly the outcome we wanted and dealt with a tricky situation well" - Instructing Solicitor
Professional & academic
- ELA (Employment Lawyers Association)
- ELBA (Employment Law Bar Association)
- ARDL (Association of Regulatory & Disciplinary Lawyers)
- PIBA (Personal Injury Bar Association)
- Middle Temple LGBTQ+ Forum Committee Member
- Middle Temple Young Barristers’ Association (MTYBA) Advocacy Officer & Pupillage Officer
- London
- All Locations