Andrew Bowmer > Miles & Partners LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Miles & Partners LLP Offices
88-90 MIDDLESEX STREET
LONDON
E1 7EZ
England
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Andrew Bowmer
Work Department
Mental Health and Capacity
Position
Partner
Career
Andrew Bowmer is a solicitor specialising in mental capacity law, with acknowledged experience in the cross over between community care, housing law and mental capacity law.
Andrew represents vulnerable adults and family members in the Court of Protection in proceedings concerning the best interests of vulnerable adults. He is frequently instructed by the Official Solicitor as litigation friend for vulnerable adults in proceedings within his areas of expertise.
The types of cases that Andrew has been involved in include:
- acting for family members, and taking instructions from the Official Solicitor or other litigation friends on behalf of vulnerable adults, on challenges brought under s21A Mental Capacity Act 2005 concerning the operation of the deprivation of liberty safeguards and capacity and best interests proceedings brought under s15 and s16 Mental Capacity Act 2005;
- obtaining declarations on behalf of incapacitated adults who have been unlawfully deprived of their liberty following placement decisions by the local authority;
- housing and community care cases concerning vulnerable adults and children, including those facing eviction, those entitled to support from the local authority under the Children Act 1989 (either as children in need or having previously been in local authority care) and as adults under the Care Act 2014 or as asylum seekers; and
- being instructed by the Official Solicitor in a number of housing possession cases where the local authority was pursuing the eviction of a vulnerable adult who was at the same time the subject of Court of Protection proceedings.
Languages
English
Memberships
Law Society Accredited Practitioner – Mental Health
Member of Mental Health Lawyers Association
Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year – Finalist 2022
Lawyer Rankings
London > Private client > Court of protection
(Next Generation Partners)The ‘committed, efficient and knowledgeable’ team at Miles & Partners LLP is jointly led by Rachel Turner and Floyd Porter . The specialist team regularly works on cases where there are issues of capacity, and concerns over the best interests of vulnerable adults who are unable to make fundamental health and welfare decisions themselves. It is frequently instructed by the Official Solicitor, Relevant Person’s Representatives and relatives to work on s21A cases to challenge deprivations of liberty. In addition, it is sometimes instructed to act on serious medical treatment cases. Andrew Bowmer has been promoted to the partnership and his expertise spans court of protection, housing and community care law.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners London > Private client > Court of protection
- Court of protection London > Private client