Helen Gower’s practice is currently focussed in the field of professional regulation. In 2010, Helen was appointed as a Legal Assessor for the Health and Care Professions Council. Her current appointments for regulators include:
Helen advises on procedural and legal issues in fitness to practise hearings and registration appeal hearings and she prepares draft determinations. She advises on a wide range of issues including proceeding in the absence of the Registrant, admissibility of evidence, applications relating to vulnerable witnesses, issues relating to discrimination and the Equality Act 2010, discontinuance, voluntary removal, interim order applications and reviews, reviews of substantive orders and restoration to the register.
Helen’s practice also includes discrimination law. In 2022 Helen was appointed as lawyer for an Independent Review Board set up by a political party to review decisions relating to complaints involving protected characteristics. This role involved making decisions as to whether decisions are compliant with the relevant constitutional rules and the Equality Act 2010. In 2025 Helen was appointed to the Independent Complaints Committee. She chairs this Committee, which hears complaints involving protected characteristics and determines appeals brought against decisions taken by the NEC in complaints involving protected characteristics.
Helen’s practice in discrimination law also includes conducting confidential investigations in sensitive cases involving allegations of discrimination and/or harassment.
Helen is an accredited mediator.
