THE EXCHANGE, STATION PARADE, HARROGATE, HG1 1DY, ENGLAND
- Tel:
- Work 01423 522331
- Fax:
- Fax 01423 724047
- DX:
- 11965 HARROGATE-1
- Web:
- www.hempsons.co.uk
- Email:
Stephen Paul Evans
- Tel:
- Work +44 1423 724010
- Email:
Work Department
Health and social care.
Position
Partner in the health and social care advice team, with special interests in mental health, capacity (including deprivation of liberty), community care and judicial review. Work includes advising trusts on mental health issues (eg S v Airedale NHS Trust); extensive representation for trusts at inquests; advice on capacity, including deprivation of liberty (having dealt with a number of early cases on the new DOL Safeguards); policies and funding.
Career
Articled Emsley Collins, Leeds; qualified 1989; assistant solicitor in personal injury Ford & Warren; assistant solicitor Hempsons; deputy team leader; partner 2002.
Member
Law Society.
Education
Crewe County Grammar School for Boys; University of Manchester (1986 LLB 2(1)); College of Law, Chester (1987 LSF); Leeds Metropolitan University (postgraduate diploma in personal injury litigation); University of Northumbria (2009 LLM in mental health law, distinction).
Leisure
Walking, reading and climbing.
Practice Areas
Civil liberties and human rights; Healthcare; Mental health
