 On Friday 10 December 2010, a Judicial Review Permission Hearing under The Hon.Mr Justice Burton at the Royal Courts of Justice found against the Health Professions Council and granted permission to proceed towards a Judicial Review of the proposals for regulation under the HPC.On 16 February 2011 the UK government — in its command paper ‘Enabling Excellence’  — halted the project to regulate counselling, psychotherapy and other talking treatments via the HPC.