Spire Barristers
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The ‘very strong’ set Spire Barristers has ‘a solid reputation for undertaking Court of Protection health and welfare work’. The team has ‘sound knowledge’ of a wide range of complex health and welfare matters, including serious medical treatment cases and mental capacity issues. Brett Davies is ‘extremely knowledgeable about the issues and complexities of Court of Protection health and welfare matters’, and the ‘unflappable’ Adrian Francis regularly acts for family members, local authorities and the Official Solicitor in contentious deprivation of liberty, best interests and capacity matters. The ‘very practical’ Barbara Green is active in cases involving complex capacity issues, and Pippa Pudney is ‘a strong and pragmatic advocate with a particularly keen knowledge of issues arising from deprivations of liberty of young people’.
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- 'The COP clerks at Spires are all lovely to work with. Shannon Hart is extremely helpful.'
- 'Shannon Hart is a magician at organising the diary for the COP team. She is personable, approachable and always willing to help. Shannon is calm under pressure and will always try to offer a solution to a problem.'

