Sean Attwood

Court of Protection

Sean is a Partner and heads the Court of Protection team in our London and Cambridge offices. He joined Irwin Mitchell in 2008, qualified as a Solicitor in 2012 and has since specialised in Court of Protection matters. As Partner, Sean heads the Cambridge office and jointly heads the London office, supervising a large team of Paralegals, Solicitors, Associates and Senior Associates. Sean specialises in the management of personal injury and clinical negligence compensation. He is a Director of Irwin Mitchell Trustees Limited and the Irwin Mitchell Trust Corporation and is regularly appointed by the Court of Protection to act as a professional Deputy for people who have lost capacity to manage their financial affairs, as well as acting as professional Trustee. The majority of his clients have received multi-million pound settlements and Sean supports them with their everyday financial affairs, from implementing investments to purchasing and adapting property, to supporting their rehabilitation. Sean regularly deals with and advises on a wide variety of Court of Protection applications, from complex property and Trustees Act applications, to dealing with contested transfers of deputyship and statutory wills, as well as Variation of Trust applications within the Chancery Division. He also acts as an expert witness for the court in Court of Protection matters.