Julia Appleton > Weightmans > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Weightmans
85 FLEET STREET
LONDON
EC4Y 1AE
England

Work Department

Healthcare

Position

Julia is a Partner in the Healthcare team and regularly advises many public and private sector healthcare providers on a wide range of medico legal, contentious and regulatory matters. She has a particular interest in mental health and aftercare and is instructed on behalf of providers in cases involving mental capacity and treatment issues in the Court of Protection.

As an experienced advocate, Julia regularly undertakes advocacy at inquests on behalf of health and care providers and has also advised and represented clients in relation to CQC proceedings, HSE prosecutions, police investigations, Local Authority/CCG funding disputes and judicial review. Julia has experience of group action litigation.

Career

Trained at RadcliffesLeBrasseur. 
Regularly presents seminars on a wide range of healthcare matters.

Memberships

Julia is a member of Headway, the Spinal Injuries Association and the Immigration Law Practitioners Association.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Public sector > Healthcare

The ‘excellent‘ team at Weightmans LLP represents a diverse client base of mental health trusts, hospital trusts, and healthcare professionals in inquiries, procurement-related matters, and data breach claims. Andrew Parsons has a great deal of experience in CQC regulation, often acting in Court of Protection cases concerning mental health law. With her vast expertise in clinical negligence, Rachel Kneale acts for a number of NHS trusts, while Julia Appleton handles a broad range of matters, ranging from consent, urgent admission, and treatment issues, to judicial reviews concerning healthcare bodies.