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DAC Beachcroft LLP

Mental Health: Providers

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DAC Beachcroft LLP

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Mental Health: Providers - UK-wide

Band 1

What the Team is Known For
DAC Beachcroft has a noteworthy team dispensing valuable legal advice to providers of mental health services. The firm negotiates the complex regulations governing the space, pertaining to such issues as capacity and deprivation of liberty, including their interpretation with regard to the Children Act. The team provides robust representation in Court of Protection proceedings, tribunals and inquests.
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Strengths

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  • Their understanding of mental health is second to none, which only enhances the inquest process.

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  • Along with being dynamic to ever-changing risks, the team highlights the commercial awareness of the issues affecting this sector.

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  • It's a strong firm which has good people on the team.

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  • They are responsive, personable and very knowledgeable of the sector.

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  • They are very responsive to correspondence.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Gillian Weatherill
    Gillian Weatherill

    Gillian Weatherill

    Gillian Weatherill has considerable experience advising NHS mental health providers on a range of legal and regulatory issues, including CQC and Court of Protection matters. She primarily provides advice in relation to detention and mental capacity issues.

    • She has a fantastic, calm presence which is absolutely essential and puts the client at ease.

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    • Gillian is highly regarded.

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    • Gillian is a true leader.

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  • Sarah Woods
    Sarah Woods

    Sarah Woods

    Sarah Woods is a specialist healthcare regulatory lawyer with noteworthy expertise concerning mental health and mental capacity law issues. She assists NHS mental health trusts with issues concerning the treatment of vulnerable patients, particularly detention and transfer arrangements.

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