Edited by Christopher Johnston KC and Sophia Roper KC, with chapters authored by a team of 27 barristers at Serjeants’ Inn Chambers. Christopher Johnston KC has 32 years of experience acting for top claimant and defendant medical law firms. Described by clients in the legal directories as ‘outstanding’, he combines the research and analytical skills of an academic lawyer with a user-friendly approach and the practical ability to apply complex legal principles to devise the correct tactics. His career highlights include XX v Whittington (recovery of surrogacy damages) in the Supreme Court, B v Croydon HA (feeding) in the Court of Appeal and the first case decided under the Human Rights Act, Re M (PVS). Sophia Roper KC has a core practice in medical treatment and complex welfare cases in the Court of Protection and related Human Rights Act claims. She combines a wealth of practical experience with an academic focus on knotty points of law, being described by clients as ‘the Encyclopaedia Britannica of CoP cases’. She acted in two seminal cases concerning children: Re Gard, Re Evans; and in the ground-breaking case on contingent declarations, GSTT v R. The Serjeants’ Inn team is ranked in the top tier for Court of Protection work by both independent legal directories and the chambers is described as ‘a go-to set for Court of Protection matters [with] an excellent reputation for being the gold standard for complex CoP work with a medical aspect’ (The Legal 500).
As an authoritative guide to how the law works, and how to navigate the law in medical treatment decision-making, the guide is unrivalled. -- Alex Ruck Keene * Mental Capacity Law and Policy Blog * ‘It can rightly claim to be the authoritative practitioner text for medical treatment cases…drawing on the very substantial wealth of experience of the authorial team.’ * Alex Ruck-Keene, Court of Protection barrister * ‘A wonderfully user-friendly, quick reference guide…This is a book for practitioners written by practitioners. It is as close to granting the reader a free direct advice-line to counsel as the joint heads of Serjeants’ Inn are ever likely to permit.’ * David Locke in the NLJ *