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Bournemouth Office
Russell House
Oxford Road
Bournemouth
BH8 8EX
DX: 7623
London Office
Savoy Hill House
Savoy Hill
London
WC2R 0BU

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Laura Guntrip is utterly unflappable. She steers her clients cases with a sure hand and a calm head. Nicole Ridgwell has an encyclopedic knowledge of the law in this area and gives clear and insightful adviceClose quote
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'Nicole Ridgwell is fantastic. Nicole has supported us with a number of different situations. She is friendly, patient and extremely well informed. She always gets back to us quickly and her support and advice has been invaluable.Close quote
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Hi Nicole

Can I just say a big thank you from myself and my staff for the support that you gave us throughout the inquest.

You made us feel a whole lot better by explaining the proceedings and what may happen – before you were asked to support us we were all panicking. Your whole demeanour made us all relax and if we asked silly questions you didn’t make us feel stupid.

Whilst I hope I never need to see you again 😊 it was a pleasure to meet you.

Thank you so much.
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Nicole specialises in health and social care law. She began her career in the charity and immigration law sectors before moving into the health and social care sector in 2009. Since, she has worked closely with a range of clients, enjoying roles in a trade union, representing nurses and healthcare assistants, and within private practice, representing healthcare professionals, independent health and social care providers and NHS Trusts.

Nicole’s work has ranged from advice and advocacy for registered healthcare professionals in fitness to practise investigations to challenges against CQC and Ofsted on behalf of private providers and NHS Trusts. She has significant experience in public and administrative law matters, including judicial reviews; challenges to DBS certificates; regulatory due diligence for purchasers, vendors and funders; preparation for and representation at inquests; healthcare and professional disciplinary actions; safeguarding investigations; and ICO investigations.

Nicole also advises on local authority fee disputes, on behalf of both care home residents and care home providers, and special educational needs provision, including appeals to the Special Educational Needs & Disability Tribunal. She also has experience in a wider range of health and welfare matters, including Personal Health Budget eligibility, hospital discharge assessments, best interest decision-making and engagement with Court of Protection proceedings. She also advises on discrete matters of public law and personal injury.

Nicole writes regularly for health and social care publications and presents at conferences and seminars on health and social care matters. She is the co-author of the Nursing & Midwifery section of the Legal Action Group book ‘Professional discipline and healthcare regulators: a legal handbook’ (1st edition 2012, 2nd edition 2018).

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