Mid-Staffs scandal: Sir David Nicholson could face corporate manslaughter and misconduct charges Any prosecution would be under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 and/or under Misconduct in Public Office. Mr Edwards said he had decided to take action into his own hands because legal firms seemed reluctant to take on the medical establishment over the scandal. He said: "There seems to be a prima facie case against Sir David that has to be answered for. There is a public interest in taking this case against Sir David. Mr Edwards is looking to build a coalition of experts to help with the case, and said he was looking to take the action because other law firms were "conflicted." He said: "The legal representatives that you can get are conflicted because most of their income will come not from individuals but from institutions like the NHS, General Medical Council and Department of Health. As a consequence they will always side with protecting their clients. Mr Edwards, a former City banker who is currently training to be a foreign exchange trader, has brought previous cases against medical professionals himself. He said that if the case was accepted by a judge later this month he would be able to get state funding for his prosecution. Mr Edwards has no connection to the poor care scandal at Mid Staffordshire. Julie Bailey, the founder of Cure the NHS who campaigned for the public inquiry into the Mid-Staffordshire scandal, said Sir David had to face justice in a court. She told The Daily Telegraph she was also consulting her own legal team about a possible action. She said: "I am certainly supporting any avenue we can take to take proceedings against this man. This man is answerable. We have lost hundreds of lives throughout the country, not just at Mid-Staffs, he is in charge of the NHS and we would like to hold him to account in a court of law, and we will be seeking all avenues to find justice for our loved ones. A Department for Health spokesman said: "We see no basis for this case." Sources pointed out that the Francis report that no one person should shoulder the blame for the system failings at Stafford hospital.