Mental Health: Providers
UK Guide 2025 : UK-wide
Band 2
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0870 194 1000Chambers Review
Bevan Brittan has a dynamic team advising NHS trusts, integrated care boards, non-profits and private sector clients on all aspects of mental health law. The firm covers tribunals, inquests and judicial reviews, as well as Care Quality Commission and health and safety investigations. The team is also adept at advising clients on mental capacity and human rights issues.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"We have the utmost confidence in their support and advice. It's always a professional and efficient service but delivered with a friendly approach and compassion that is so vital for our staff."
"We have the utmost confidence in their support and advice. It's always a professional and efficient service but delivered with a friendly approach and compassion that is so vital for our staff."
Notable Practitioners
Stuart Marchant regularly acts for trusts and hospitals in court proceedings, tribunals and inquests. He also assists with challenges to Care Quality Commission guidance and has a strong knowledge of patient detention, capacity and treatment issues.
"Stuart is indispensable to us."
"A real class act in mental health and court of protection, he knows everything there is to know. He also has excellent judgement and a good take on cases. A really excellent solicitor for his clients."
Hannah Taylor is a solicitor in the health, care and regulatory law team at Bevan Brittan. She frequently assists NHS trusts and independent care providers with safeguarding reviews, Court of Protection applications and an array of deprivation of liberty issues.
"Hannah has an incredible eye for detail, while also thinking how it fits into the bigger picture."
Simon Lindsay focuses his practice on advising NHS trusts on issues of deprivation of liberty and the use of forcible treatment. He regularly provides representation in inquests and Court of Protection proceedings, in addition to assisting with HSE and CQC investigations.
"Simon is an outstanding practitioner who is strategically clever and has a specific understanding of where we want to get to in litigation."
Ranked Lawyers at
Bevan Brittan LLP
UK-wide