Community Care

Fenella Morris KC is a deeply experienced silk who is a fine choice for a range of community care matters, including cases relating to local authority funding and policy disputes. She is an expert in judicial review, a regular in the Court of Protection and someone with great knowledge of the law relating to the NHS.

"Fenella provides very good support."

Jenni Richards KC is a pre-eminent silk who acts for claimants, public interest groups and local authorities in community care matters. She is an expert across a broad range of cases, and is particularly good at cases involving regulatory processes, compliance with the Human Rights Act and budgetary decision-making.

"Jenni is very able and very experienced."

Katherine Barnes is adept at handling a wide range of human rights and community care matters. She has experience of representing her clients in judicial reviews and damages claims. She frequently appears in the Court of Appeal, High Court and Upper Tribunal.

"Katherine's drafting is excellent."

"Katherine is always approachable and easy to deal with."

Sian Davies is lauded for her expertise in a wide range of community care matters. She is regularly instructed in cases involving safeguarding, trafficked individuals and the age assessment of unaccompanied asylum seekers. She is also adept at handling matters concerning housing issues.

"Sian has a lot of knowledge of Court of Protection housing matters and community care issues and she is good at dealing with overlap in these areas."

Victoria Butler-Cole KC has a broad practice, but she is particularly experienced in community care related to local authority funding decisions. She is also an expert in social care and human rights matters.

"Victoria Butler-Cole is an exceptionally impressive advocate. She is a go-to for her breadth of knowledge on children's rights."

"Victoria is a wonderful advocate and excellent to work with. She is a pleasure for solicitors to instruct and clients love her."

"She is amazing: very responsive, and there is nothing she doesn't know. She is really good with the clients."

Arianna Kelly is experienced in a wide range of community care matters including cases related to local authority policy disputes and care packages. She is often instructed by government and local authorities.

"Arianna is a brilliant advocate who can pick complex things up very quickly and understand all the nuances."

Vikram Sachdeva KC is recognised as a strong public law silk. Within community care, he demonstrates notable experience in cases concerning the provision of medical care and resources.

"Vikram is extremely reassuring and proactive. He is a safe pair of hands in court, with really smooth advocacy skills."

Steve Broach is particularly well known for his work concerning the rights of disabled children and adults. He is a go-to barrister for community care work and has been instructed in cases all the way up to the Supreme Court.

"Steve lives and breathes community care law and has been involved in some ground-breaking cases."

"Steve is a standout barrister who really dedicates himself to the case. We use him for most complicated cases."