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Neil Allen
Position
Court of Protection, particularly deprivation of liberty issues. G v E and others [2010] EWHC 621, [2010] EWCA Civ 822; A County Council v MB [2010] EWHC 2508; Cheshire West and Chester Council v P [2011] EWCA Civ 1257; FP v GM [2011] 2 FLR 1375; A Local Authority v SY [2013] EWHC 3485.
Career
Called 2001; Middle Temple. Lecturer. Publications: ‘Psychiatric care and criminal prosecution’ in Medicine, Crime and Society (2013) Cambridge University Press; The Right to Life in a Suicidal State’ (2013) 36 International Journal of Law and Psychiatry 350-357; Allen, N and Prescott, A, ‘The opacity of sexual capacity’ (2012) 2(4) Elder Law Journal 352-357; ‘Criminal Care: Ill treatment and wilful neglect’ (2012) 2 Elder Law Journal 71-75; ‘Dare to care’ (2011) 1(2) Elder Law Journal 167; ‘The Bournewood Gap (As Amended?)’ (2010) 18 Medical Law Review 78-85; ‘Saving Life and Respecting Death: A Savage Dilemma’ (2009) 17 Medical Law Review 262; ‘Is Capacity ‘in Sight?’’ (2009) Journal of Mental Health Law 165-170; ‘Restricting Movement or Depriving Liberty?’ (2009) Journal of Mental Health Law 19-32.
Memberships
Liberty; Society of Legal Scholars.
Education
Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe; University of Manchester (1998 LLB English Law); Inns of Court School of Law (1999 Bar Vocational Course).
Leisure
Writing.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Court of Protection: health and welfare
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Neil Allen –39 Essex Chambers ‘Neil has a vast and deep experience of Court of Protection work. He is an excellent communicator in court.’
39 Essex Chambers is ‘a strong set of good quality and specialised Court of Protection barristers who practice solely in these areas of law’. Fenella Morris KC is ‘very good on mental health and healthcare regulatory aspects and complex matters involving novel points of law’ and recently acted for the Royal College of Nursing before the Court of Appeal in Abbasi v Newcastle upon Tyne Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Haastrup v King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, cases concerning the decisions about end of life of children and vulnerable adults. Jenni Richards KC also handles cases concerning medical interventions throughout life, including cases involving pregnant women who lack capacity. Neil Allen is representing the claimant in a case addressing whether a husband could divorce his wife and, if he could, if the divorce was in his best interests.