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Fay Collinson
Position
Fay is a specialist court of protection and chancery barrister. She has a broad practice that encompasses contentious probate, trusts, property disputes and all sides of Court of Protection work.
Memberships
Court Of Protection Practitioners Association (COPPA)
North Eastern Circuit
Chancery Bar Association
Education
Classics and Ancient History BA (Hons) First Class – University of Manchester
Graduate Diploma in Law, Distinction – BPP
Bar Professional Training Course, Very Competent – Manchester Metropolitan University
Sir Joseph Cantley Award, Middle Temple
Sarah Marsland Prize for academic excellence, University of Manchester
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > North Eastern Circuit > Court of Protection and community care
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Fay Collinson – Kings Chambers ‘Fay’s advocacy skills are outstanding. She truly has the best interests of her clients at heart and is excellent in breaking down complex legal points.’
The Court of Protection team at Kings Chambers represents a range of parties in matters, including the Official Solicitor, local authorities and NHS trusts. Property and affairs disputes – an area in which the ‘incredibly knowledgeable‘ Fay Collinson excels – are also prominent in the group’s caseload. In a recent highlight for the set, practice head Sam Karim KC appeared in Re A (Covert Medication: Closed Proceedings), thought to be the first case of its kind within the Court of Protection, where closed proceedings were used to order the administration of covert medication to a person deemed to lack capacity. Bolstering the team at the senior end, Helen Mulholland KC was appointed to silk in March 2023.
Regional Bar > Northern Circuit > Chancery, probate, and tax
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Fay Collinson – Kings Chambers ‘Solicitors will race to instruct her before the other side does, as her knowledge of the subject is unmatched, her passion for the area shines through, and she has judges eating out of the palm of her hands as she guides them calmly and eloquently through complex topics. No one prepares a case more thoroughly than Fay, and she knows where every document is and will often expose her opponent’s less preparedness when having references available at the drop of a hat.’
Kings Chambers is praised as ‘the go-to set of choice for Chancery matters in the North’. Its members undertake Chancery work nationally and internationally and appear before the entire spectrum of courts and tribunals in disputes involving high-value land, trusts, finances, private client work, charity matters, real property, and probate. Fay Collinson exclusively focuses on property and affairs in the court of protection, and wills, trusts, and probate mandates; in Anderson v Williams, she represented the executors and beneficiaries in a claim brought against the deceased’s surviving wife for breach of fiduciary duty whilst she acted as the deceased’s financial attorney and subsequently misappropriated around £200,000 during his lifetime
Regional Bar > Northern Circuit > Court of Protection and community care
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Fay Collinson – Kings Chambers ‘Fay’s attention to detail is excellent, her advocacy is superb, and she has an assured yet authoritative manner in court.‘
Kings Chambers ‘has a good Court of Protection team, covering property and affairs and health and welfare work.’ Sam Karim KC leads the team, and has been kept particularly busy handling cases involving medical treatment issues. Newly appointed silk Helen Mulholland KC is ‘a highly skilled, confident, and assured advocate in Court of Protection matters‘. At the junior end of chambers, Fay Collinson garners praise for ‘her expertise in Court of Protection property and affairs work‘, and Sophie Allan regularly represents protected parties, including vulnerable adults, in a range of work. Deprivation of liberty cases are a key area of instruction for Richard Borrett.