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Stephen Cardinal

Senior associate Stephen specialise in health and welfare cases in the Court of Protection and a broad range of judicial review cases, including challenges to the provision of community care and healthcare. He is instructed by individuals and charities challenging cuts to public services. He acted for the claimant in the case of R (ZYN) v Walsall MBC [2014] EWHC 1918 (Admin), successfully challenging a local authority’s policy on social care charging. Stephen regularly acts for vulnerable adults who lack mental capacity in the Court of Protection, instructed by the Official Solicitor in relation to disputes regarding their residence and care arrangements. Stephen also acts for families in complex medical treatment cases. He represented the families in the cases of NHS Trust and Baby X and others [2012] EWHC 2188 and Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust v CD [2014] EWCOP 23, (2014). · Irwin Mitchell

EnglandCourt of Protection, Health & Welfare

About

Senior associate at Irwin Mitchell specialising in health and welfare work in the Court of Protection and a broad range of judicial review matters, including community care and healthcare challenges. He is instructed by individuals, charities and the Official Solicitor and has acted in notable cases including R (ZYN) v Walsall MBC [2014] EWHC 1918 (Admin), NHS Trust and Baby X and others [2012] EWHC 2188 and Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust v CD [2014] EWCOP 23.

Practice areas

Court of ProtectionHealth & WelfareJudicial ReviewPublic LawHuman RightsCommunity Care

Office

Expertise

Court of Protection cases for vulnerable adults who lack capacityJudicial review of community care and healthcare decisionsPublic law challenges to cuts in public servicesRepresentation in complex medical treatment casesInstructed by the Official Solicitor