Neil is a barrister at 39 Essex Chambers, Senior Lecturer at the University of Manchester, and Founder of LPS Law Ltd. With particular interests in human rights, mental health and incapacity law, he has been ranked by the legal profession as a leading barrister in the Court of Protection.

Neil has been involved in many of the leading cases in this field, including Cheshire West, N v ACCG, and Re X, as well as many reported cases in the lower courts which have shaped the law.

He also teaches undergraduate and postgraduate students, regularly delivers professional training to a variety of audiences which is complemented by his site, www.lpslaw.co.uk.

Hannah is a Court of Protection specialist. Hannah joined Chambers as a tenant in October 2022 following the successful completion of her pupillage under the supervision of Joseph O’Brien KC.

Hannah represents all parties, including the protected party (‘P’), statutory bodies and family members. She regularly receives instructions from the Official Solicitor.

Since becoming a tenant, Hannah has established herself as a ‘go to junior’ in the Court of Protection. She already has advocacy experience of contested capacity and final hearings, including fact finding hearings. Hannah has appeared before Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 judges in the full range of health and welfare cases in the Court of Protection.

Judge Burrows is a Circuit Judge in the Family Court in Lancashire and is authorised to sit as a High Court Judge under s. 9(1) SCA. He is also the Regional Court of Protection Lead Judge for the North West. For 17 years he was a fee paid Judge on the Mental Health Tribunal, including for four years as a member of the CAMHS panel.

He practised at the Bar in Manchester, and in later years specialised in mental health and capacity law, including Court of Protection, mental health tribunals and inquests. He appeared as counsel in a number of significant cases including Cheshire West (for the Official Solicitor from first instance to the Supreme Court), Re X (1 and 2), as well as numerous cases involving serious medical treatment, the inherent jurisdiction, and the interface between the MHA and MCA.

He is the author of the Mental Capacity and Mental Health section in the Civil Court Practice (the Green Book), has contributed to a number of publications on mental health and capacity law and was a practitioner editor of the International Journal of Mental Health and Capacity Law.

Also, before becoming a judge, he was the Chair of the Board of Trustees of Advocacy Focus in Lancashire, and a Trustee of the AFC Fylde Community Foundation.

Dr Grace works fulltime in private practice. Her work comprises clinical management of the neuropsychiatric sequelae of brain injury and neurological disorders, Tourette's disorder and ADHD. Her non-clinical work includes reports for the Court of Protection, Personal Injury, Clinical Negligence and Criminal cases.

Prior to this Dr Grace was the clinical lead for the neurobehavioural unit at Walkergate Park Hospital, Newcastle. The unit is a highly specialised in-patient ward for people with psychiatric sequelae of acquired brain injury. She subsequently spent 12 months as the lead consultant for the acute neuropsychiatry assessment and treatment unit, and was an out patient consultant for the regional neuropsychiatry service until leaving in August 2016.

Sam has been a specialist in this area since the advent of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and has been at the forefront of developing case law in this jurisdiction since the implementation of the Act.

In addition to his Court of Protection work, Sam is also a specialist in the following areas:

• Domestic and international commercial arbitration in which he acts as counsel and sits as panel or sole arbitrator
• Procurement
• Judicial Review and Human Rights / Civil Liberties

Sam is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and is admitted as a practitioner in the Dubai International Finance Centre (DIFC) Court.

Dr McIntosh has specialist expertise in Neuropsychology, providing cognitive assessments, capacity assessments, therapy and rehabilitation to people with acquired brain injury and neurological conditions.

She has experience in working as a Clinical Lead managing complex cases of neurorehabilitation across a range of neurological disorders and across the life span. Her therapeutic specialties are in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, the Neurobehavioral Model and Cognitive interventions.

For many years Joseph has been recognised as a leader in the field of adult social care and Court of Protection proceedings. He is regularly instructed by local authorities, hospitals, CCGs and other health care providers. Joseph is also instructed by the Official Solicitor and family members.

Since the onset of the argument about what is ‘deprivation of liberty’, Joseph has been at the cutting edge of this jurisprudence. He has appeared in a number of the leading cases and lead in the Supreme Court in the case of P v Cheshire West and Chester Council [2014] UKSC 19.

Parishil Patel KC has a wide ranging public law practice which encompasses:

• health
• community care
• local government (including regulation, audit and standards)
• telecommunications
• data protection and confidentiality
• prisons, immigration
• public international law
• incapacity
• and best interests

He has extensive experience of advising and acting for and against public bodies in judicial review claims (in the High Court). This includes claims brought challenging local and central government policy and involving statutory construction and in proceedings in various Tribunals. He also has extensive experience of arguing ECHR issues in domestic courts and advising on human rights in the policy context.