We are a progressive firm with a fresh approach to legal practice, aiming for a friendly relationship with all our clients, whilst recognising the need to work to the highest professional standards on their behalf at all times. We are committed to excellence in our work. We therefore do our best to ensure that every client feels that they have had the best possible service.
We are based in Taunton, Somerset, so most of our work is undertaken in the south west region, but our reputation means that we are instructed to represent clients nationwide.
We are based in Taunton, Somerset, so most of our work is undertaken in the south west region, but our reputation means that we are instructed to represent clients nationwide.
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He qualified as a solicitor in 1992 in London, having graduated from Warwick University and the College of Law, Chancery Lane. He was previously a partner at Claude Hornby and Cox Solicitors, London. He has over 20 years' worth of experience representing clients in courts and tribunals and has been a Higher Court Advocate since 2003.
In mental health law, our main area of work is providing advice to patients detained in hospital under the Mental Health Act 1983. We therefore have enormous experience of representing patients in applications for discharge to the Mental Health Tribunal.
We are specialists, however, in all aspects of mental health law, which means that, as well as representing you if you are a hospital patient, we can also help if you are living in the community and have an issue with mental health services, if you have a family member with mental health problems, or if you are a prisoner and are unable to get access to treatment for a mental disorder.
We are specialists, however, in all aspects of mental health law, which means that, as well as representing you if you are a hospital patient, we can also help if you are living in the community and have an issue with mental health services, if you have a family member with mental health problems, or if you are a prisoner and are unable to get access to treatment for a mental disorder.
The Mental Capacity Act 2005 provides a comprehensive legal framework for decision-making on behalf of individuals who, as a result of illness or impairment, lack the capacity to make decisions for themselves. The Court of Protection is the specialist court set up to oversee decision-making in this area and to adjudicate in contentious or otherwise difficult cases.
In mental health cases, we can provide you with legal advice when you wish to challenge the lawfulness of a decision affecting you which has been made by a public body.
If, for example, you are dissatisfied with a decision by a local authority or CCG to refuse you after-care under s117 Mental Health Act 1983, or a decision by the Ministry of Justice to refuse you leave from hospital, or a decision by an NHS Trust to transfer you from one hospital to another, we can advise on the prospects for a successful challenge to that decision by way of judicial review proceedings.
If, for example, you are dissatisfied with a decision by a local authority or CCG to refuse you after-care under s117 Mental Health Act 1983, or a decision by the Ministry of Justice to refuse you leave from hospital, or a decision by an NHS Trust to transfer you from one hospital to another, we can advise on the prospects for a successful challenge to that decision by way of judicial review proceedings.
The team at Butler & Co Solicitors has a great deal of experience in providing training on mental health law and procedure to healthcare professionals, hospital managers, Mental Health Act Administrators, advocacy services, and other lawyers. We will be pleased to hear from you if you have a training need that you think we may assist in addressing.
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