Vivienne Tanchel

Vivienne Tanchel

"She has a really sharp legal mind. She is reassuring, patient, tolerant and good at distilling complexities."
"Vivienne is extremely hard-working. She takes on very complex cases and quickly identifies the main issues."

Chambers UK 2024
Year of call: 2005
For enquiries please call: 020 7353 5324 or email vcard cv save

Professional Discipline

Vivienne appears before the disciplinary committees of a wide variety of regulatory bodies. She is instructed to represent registrants in proceedings brought by the General Medical Council, Nursing & Midwifery Council, General Pharmaceutical Council, Bar Standards Board, the General Dental Council and others, both at first instance and on appeal to the Care Standards Tribunal, High Court, and Court of Appeal. Vivienne also has experience of bringing claims for Judicial Review. She has experience of all forms of Interim Orders and Fitness to Practice proceedings involving issues of performance, misconduct and health.

Notable Cases:

GMC v M

Defence of a doctor alleged to have sexually assaulted a patient during the course of a consultation.

GMC v J

Defence of an anaesthetist alleged to have slapped a patient during a complex anaesthetic procedure. The doctor had faced criminal proceedings arising out of the same incident.

C v GMC (High Court Appeal)

Represented a senior clinician in an appeal against an interim suspension order precipated by charges of very serious sexual offences.

R v GMC

Represented a GP in her appeal to the High Court against an order of erasure following findings of dishonesty.

K v GMC

Represented  a GP in a High Court appeal against a finding of misconduct.

R (on the application of J) v GMC

Representing a consultant in the judicial review of a GMC decision to investigate a single clinical incident that took place more than 7 years ago.

NMC v M (High Court)

Successfully appealed an interim order of suspension made against a nurse. No further order was made.

GMC v J

Defence of a consultant in a 3 week fitness to practice hearing who faced both clinical and probity allegations. The doctor is the only practitioner on the register in his field of specialism. The Tribunal acceded to an application to stop the case at “half time”.

GMC v B

Defended a young doctor alleged to have stolen a prescription pad and prescribed a large amount of tranquilisers to an acquaintance. None of the allegations were found proven despite her earlier admission of dishonesty in correspondence with the GMC.

GMC v A

Represented a psychiatrist facing an allegation of assault on a patient in a secure hospital. There were a significant number of eyewitnesses and the case involved extensive cross-examination of varied and inconsistent accounts. The allegations were found not proven.

GMC v NP

Represented a GP at an Interim Order hearing who was alleged to have raped a partner in the practice. No order made.

GDC v E

Represented an experienced general dental practitioner facing multiple clinical and probity allegations. The case involved significant cross-examination of an expert and most of the clinical allegations were found unproven.

GDC v L

Represented an orthodontist who faced wide ranging clinical allegations which had taken place over an extended and historic period.

NMC V Q

Represented a nurse facing in excess of 50 allegations, including allegations of dishonesty in complex and lengthy proceedings at the NMC. The case lasted some 17 weeks.

NMC v G

Instructed to represent a nurse to defend allegations of rape and consensual sex with a mental health patient.

FCA v T

Advised a day trader on representations to the FCA into his purported manipulation of small cap share prices. The investigation was closed with no action taken.

FCA v M (Ltd)

Advised a well known foreign exchange company on their obligations under the Payment Service Regulations.

FCA v KoA (a Company)

Vivienne was instructed to advise on whether KoA’s fund raising structure was a collective investment scheme requiring registration.

FCA v X

Vivienne was instructed to represent Mr X in regulatory proceedings arising out of the alleged manipulation of LIBOR.

FCA v X

Vivienne was instructed to advise a former “authorised person” on an application to the FCA to remove the permanent prohibition imposed more than 10 years previously.

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