Michael provides advice and representation to clients wanting solutions.

His focus includes:

• Issues which arise concerning a client's mental health (or that of others)
• The capacity to make decisions and related issues
• Solutions in relation to safeguarding concerns

He is a specialist in:

• Mental health and capacity law
• The law in relation to the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court
• Community care law

Michael is a member of the Court of Protection Bar Association and he is ranked in the most recent edition of Chambers and Partners, a leading legal directory.

Michael has co-authored numerous articles published in peer reviewed journals concerning medico-legal issues arising in this area of practice. He is the co-author of Dementia & The Law: A Clinician’s Guide (Cambridge University Press, 2023).

APPROACH

Michael is, above all pragmatic, and seeks to find a solution to a problem with a minimum of cost and fuss.

EXPERIENCE

Michael has practised in the field of mental health, capacity and community care law for over 25 years (with relevant experience in the preceding 5 years). He's represented clients with mental health problems of one form or another in the following jurisdictions:

• The first-tier tribunal mental health
• The Court of Protection
• The High Court (inherent jurisdiction)
• The parole board
• The Crown Court