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Wear a green ribbon to support World Mental Health Day on 10 October
To show our support for year’s World Mental Health Day, Miles & Partners has joined the Lord Mayor’s Appeal and will be participating in the Green Ribbon Campaign to help end the stigma of mental health. Rachel Turner recently attended ...
Read more08.10.2018
Miles & Partners welcomes Rachel Turner as equity partner
We are delighted to announce that Rachel Turner has joined the equity partnership at Miles & Partners Solicitors in the City of London. Rachel, who is joint head of our Mental Health and Capacity department, joined the firm in 2012 ...
Read more20.09.2018
Floyd Porter receives Accredited Legal Representative status in the Court of Protection
Floyd Porter, partner and joint head of our Mental Capacity team, has been appointed as an Accredited Legal Representative in the Court of Protection with effect from 26 June 2018 by the Law Society of England and Wales as part ...
Read more11.07.2018
Mental capacity team goes from strength to strength with Andrew Bowmer
Andrew Bowmer, a strong practitioner in mental capacity law, joined Miles and Partners on 5 February 2018. Andrew qualified as a solicitor in December 2008, drawing on his previous career working in central Government, including on local authority governance policy ...
Read more15.03.2018
Floyd Porter on BBC Radio 4 Moneybox discussing when an LPA comes into force
Floyd Porter spoke to BBC reporter Tony Bonsignore about lasting powers of attorney on Radio 4’s Moneybox programme on Saturday (27 January). A couple had written into the programme asking for advice when a bank would not limit the amount ...
Read more02.02.2018
Rachel Turner receives accredited legal representative status in the Court of Protection
The Mental Capacity Act 2005 increased the role of the Court of Protection by introducing powers to make decisions on health and welfare matters in addition to its already existing power to make decisions on property and affairs matters. on ...
Read more28.11.2017
Floyd Porter and Rachel Turner for recognition as ‘leaders in their field’ in Chambers and Partners 2018
Floyd Porter and Rachel Turner, partners and joint heads of the mental health and capacity team, at Miles and Partners are to be ranked in the Chambers and Partners UK 2018 directory as ‘leaders in their field’. We are delighted ...
Read more18.07.2017
Not eligible for legal aid in Court of Protection proceedings, what help can you get?
Legal aid is only available in limited cases to bring or respond to proceedings in the Court of Protection. It is always available to people who have been deprived of their liberty and want to challenge this, but in other ...
Read more04.03.2017
Free to leave? Can a hospital or care home deprive someone of their liberty?
On occasions, staff in a hospital or care home may believe that it is in the best interests of someone they look after to use physical restraints or medication to control their behaviour or to take steps to prevent them ...
Read more04.03.2017