Brett Davies
'The depth of Brett's knowledge is brilliant and very reassuring on challenging matters. His advocacy is clear, calm, measured and confident.'
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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Testimonials
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- '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.'
- 'Shannon Hart is extremely helpful and efficient.'
Lawyers
Leading Juniors
Leading juniors are those with significant experience of key cases, strong market recognition from both peers and clients, and are seen as future candidates for silk.
Adrian Francis
'Adrian is a calm presence during meetings with parties and at court. He presents balanced and reasoned arguments. A very reliable barrister.'
Barbara Green
'Barbara has a very thorough approach to Court of Protection work and exceptional strength in her advocacy skills. A brilliant barrister.'
Holly Littlewood
'Holly is very experienced and incredibly knowledgeable. She is great to work with; clients love her. She is extremely calm in difficult situations. Her advocacy skills are excellent and you always feel like you are in a safe pair of hands.'
Rising stars
Rising stars at the Bar are defined as barristers between four and eight years’ call who are seen as up-and-coming members of the Bar in their respective practice areas by clients and peers alike. They will already be instructed in high-profile, complex, and high-value contentious and non-contentious matters, working with and opposite more experienced leading counsel.
Chloe Lee
Pippa Pudney
‘Pippa is a stand-out practitioner. She is incisive and cuts straight to the core issues of the case. She is personable and engaging. She always has a mastery of the details.'
Eleanor Suthern
'She is very hardworking, with extensive knowledge of the law. A junior who is very confident in the courtroom.'