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Floyd Porter

Partner and Joint Head of Mental Health and Capacity · Miles & Partners LLP

EnglandMental Health, Mental CapacityEnglish

About

Partner and Joint Head of Mental Health and Capacity at Miles & Partners LLP, specialising in mental health and mental capacity law. Recognised leader in training and professional development, he represents vulnerable individuals and their relatives, is instructed by the Official Solicitor in Court of Protection deprivation of liberty and other proceedings, and represents patients detained under the Mental Health Act with a special interest in forensic mental health.

Practice areas

Mental HealthMental CapacityCourt of ProtectionMental Health Tribunals

Office

Expertise

Forensic Mental HealthDeprivation of Liberty applicationsRepresentation of vulnerable individuals and relativesInstructed by the Official Solicitor in Court of Protection proceedingsLaw Society’s Mental Capacity Welfare Accreditation scheme development and chief assessor (training and accreditation)

Admissions

  • Law Society Accredited Practitioner – Mental Health

Languages

English