Court of Protection

Overview

The Court of Protection team in chambers has a wide range of experts who specialise in the law relating to mental capacity, mental health, adult social care and community care.

Barristers within the team have experience before the Court of Protection, the Family Division of the High Court, the Administrative Court and appellate jurisdictions.

Our team can provide legal advice and representation to local authorities, NHS bodies, protected parties through their litigation friends and private individuals.

We are consistently recommended in the legal directories as a set of chambers, with the most recent edition of the Legal 500 commenting that we are ‘an excellent set of chambers with an incredible wealth of barristers, capable of anything thrown its way.’ (Legal 500, 2022).

Given the depth of experience within the team across personal injury, medical law and children law, our barristers are particularly well-equipped to deal with cases in which jurisdictions overlap. The team is one of five Chambers to service the work of the London Borough Legal Alliance for adult social care and Court of Protection work.

Areas of Expertise

  • Applications brought under the Mental Health Act 1983
  • Best interest disputes involving welfare and property decisions
  • Capacity disputes
  • Challenges to deprivation of liberty safeguards authorisations
  • Contested deputyship applications
  • Cases involving 16 and 17 year olds
  • Deprivation of liberty applications
  • Emergency applications and injunctions
  • Serious medical treatment applications
  • Ordinary residence disputes

Notable Cases

  • A CCG v AF [2020] EWCOP 16
    Best interests dispute in respect of a man who suffered a stroke to continue to receive clinically assisted nutrition and hydration.
  • Re J (a child) [2020] EWHC 2395
    Deprivation of liberty application in respect of a 16-year-old in an unregulated placement.
  • Re HS [2020] Best interests application for approval of a course of IVF for a protected Chinese national.
  • Re M [2018] EWCOP 4
    Appeal in respect of disclosure in consecutive Children Act 1989 and Mental Capacity Act 2005 proceedings.

Court of Protection Barristers

King's Counsel

Grahame Aldous KC

Call 1979 | Silk 2008

Tim Parker KC

Call 1995 | Silk 2022

Edward Lamb KC

Call 2006 | Silk 2024

Juniors (15 years +)

Laura Elfield

Call 1996

Tara Vindis

Call 1996

Johnathan Payne

Call 1997

Tabitha Barran

Call 1998

Dr Russell Wilcox

Call 2000

Gurion Taussig

Call 2001

Laura Bumpus

Call 2008

Juniors

John Schmitt

Call 2013

Laura Hibberd

Call 2013

Thomas Jones

Call 2015

Kyah Mufti

Call 2016

Irene Sriharan

Call 2016

Theodore Bunce

Call 2017

Susanna Bennett

Call 2017

Lucy Lodewyke

Call 2018

Francesca Kolar

Call 2018

Amelia Katz

Call 2018

Madeleine Miller

Call 2019

Anirudh Mandagere

Call 2019

Thomas Clarke

Call 2022

Directors

Michael Goodridge

Director of Clerking & Business Development

Senior Clerks

Clark Chessis

Senior Clerk

David Barrow

Joint Deputy Senior Clerk

Jaime Brooks

Joint Deputy Senior Clerk

Assistant Practice Managers

Jamie Moylan

Assistant Practice Manager

Jay Levell

Assistant Practice Manager

Junior Clerks

Ronnie Scarlett

Ronnie Scarlett

Junior Clerk

Latest News & Events

Deka Chambers Top Ranked in Legal 500 2025

We’re proud to have retained our top tier set ranking in the new edition of the Legal 500, with 131 barrister rankings across 13 practice areas. We are ranked as top tier in the field of Personal Injury, Industrial Disease and Insurance Fraud – Deka…

Tenancy Announcement: Megan Bithel-Vaughan and Julia Brechtelsbauer

Today we are pleased to welcome Megan Bithel-Vaughan and Julia Brechtelsbauer as our newest tenants, following the successful completion of their pupillages. Julia and Megan are accepting instructions across all of Deka’s practice areas in civil, criminal and family law. Please contact our clerks for…

James Thacker KC and Edward Lamb KC attend Opening of the Legal Year

James Thacker KC and Edward Lamb KC attended the Opening of the Legal Year at Westminster Abbey yesterday, followed by the Lord Chancellor’s breakfast at Westminster Hall. This is a historic ceremony and involves the Lord Chancellor, Lady Chief Justice, Senior Judiciary, Members of the…

Subscribe to our mailing list

Deka Chambers: 5 Norwich Street, London EC4A 1DR

© Deka Chambers 2024

Search

Portfolio Builder

Select the expertise that you would like to download or add to the portfolio

Download    Add to portfolio   
Portfolio
Title Type CV Email

Remove All

Download


Click here to share this shortlist.
(It will expire after 30 days.)