Practice Areas
Mental Health Law including:
Court of Protection
Appeals to Upper Tribunal
Care Programme Approach (CPA) Meetings
Court of Protection (Health and Welfare)
Deprivation of Liberty
Detention under the Mental Health Act
Hospital Managers' Hearings
Nearest Relatives - Rights and displacement
Supervised Community Treatment (Community Treatment Orders)
The Mental Health Tribunal
Forensic Cases - Mentally disordered offenders
Career
I am a solicitor and Head of the Mental Health and Court of Protection departments and specialise in these areas.
I am an Accredited Legal Representative, accredited under the Law Society Mental Capacity Accreditation Scheme.
In the Court of Protection I am regularly instructed by advocates to represent those who are deprived of their liberty and wish to challenge placements in a care home or other authorised setting and represent those who lack capacity, both through the offices of the Official Solicitor as litigation friend, or by myself acting as an Accredited Legal Representative. I can also help family members who are involved in a health and welfare dispute about their family member such as where they should live or who they should have contact with.
I am an Accredited Mental Health Tribunal Member and regularly represent clients detained under the Mental Health Act at tribunals to request their discharge from detention or to assist them with other legal issues.
In relation to those detained under the Mental Health Act, I can attend all necessary care programme approaches (CPAs) or review hearings and progress your case in the best way possible.
I am able to advise both detained persons and ‘nearest relatives’ as to their rights under the Mental Health Act. Should you be unhappy with your ‘nearest relative’ then I can advise on the options for changing/removing them.
Whatever your problem you will have enough time to discuss it with me in detail so that together we can devise the best way to resolve it. I always listen to what my clients want to achieve and have been described as ‘calm’, ‘reassuring’ and ‘sympathetic’.
