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Field Court launches dedicated Court of Protection group

December 5, 2011

Field Court Chambers has launched a dedicated Court of Protection group in recognition of the jurisdiction’s increasingly high profile.

The team has nine barristers who specialise in cases that come before the Court and in related cases in the High Court in which the inherent jurisdiction can still be invoked to protect vulnerable adults.

They include Hilton Harrop-Griffiths, who represented the local authority in the leading High Court case of London Borough of Hillingdon v Neary & Anor [2011] EWCH 1377.

Field Court said members of the group handled a range of sensitive and complex matters involving issues such as deprivation of liberty, human rights, financial abuse, disputes with deputies and media applications.

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