Hugh Jones Solicitors

Court of Protection

Chris is the Head of the Court of Protection team and a Director of Hugh Jones Solicitors in the Court of Protection team.

Chris is heavily involved in the  management of deputyships of our clients who lack capacity. He works closely with the team at HJS and other professionals involved in the clients' financial, legal, care and welfare matters. He has much experience in working with brain injured clients and their families to try and ensure their property and affairs are managed as effectively as possible and he also regularly advises family members who are lay deputies, in their duties.

He regularly makes all manner of property and affairs  applications to the Court of Protection,  including applications for the appointment of both lay and professional deputies, gift applications, statutory wills and application to vary the authority of the deputy. He also has experience investigating the financial affairs of clients where there have been allegations of financial abuse or misappropriation of funds made against former attorneys or deputies. Chris is experienced in working on a range of complex contested Court of Protection cases including issues surrounding foreign property and jurisdiction, challenges to the validity of Enduring and Lasting Powers of Attorney and challenges to the appointment of and/or removal of deputies. Additionally, Chris also advises on social and healthcare funding disputes for protected parties, including bringing applications for judicial review in the Administrative Court.

Chris is a graduate member of the Institute of Legal Executives.

Chris has been listed as a 'Rising Star' in the Legal 500 2022 and for the previous 2 years:

‘Christopher Gallagher provides a very high level of service and is very well respected by his peers.’

‘Chris Gallagher and Hugh Jones genuinely care about our family and take away all of the hassle relating to running a care team. They have also helped us deal with problems with our local healthcare providers and always look for practical solutions to our problems.’

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Trained at Pannone LLP where he worked in the Court of Protection Department 2006 -2013;

Hugh Jones Solicitors 2013 to date (GCilex – 2015).