COURT OF PROTECTION
We can assist with the following Court of Protection applications
(a) Best interests: Health and Welfare
(b) Best interests: Property and Financial Affairs
(c) Deprivation of Liberty
(d) Urgent, interim and final hearings
Experience
Experience of the above applications on behalf of family members, P and Local Authorities. One of the first barristers in Albion Chambers to be instructed on behalf of the Official Solicitor, and invited to take on the role of team leader for the Court of Protection team.
Notable cases
Somerset County Council v MK Led by Kings Counsel representing the mother. A Deprivation of Liberty case involving a disabled teenage girl unlawfully deprived of her liberty for 14 months by the Local Authority. Two week final hearing. The Judge made extensive findings regarding breaches of P’s convention rights. The Local Authority was heavily penalised by way of indemnity costs for “a significant degree of unreasonable conduct” both before and during the proceedings. This was a landmark case. Read more
Services
The following services can only be provided following a suitable assessment of competence and complexity:
Representation at all directions hearings, fact-finding hearings, final hearings and appeals.
Reading case papers, advising on legal and evidential issues, drafting documents and applications, 1:1 remote or in-person conferences.
Geography
Written advice, drafting documents, remote conferences and representation at online hearings: England and Wales
Physical Representation: South Wales, South West England and the Midlands
Cases outside the above regions will be considered. Please visit the contact page and provide the details requested.
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