Star Legal

Mental Health

Phil manages the firms’ mental health department and has over 30 years’ experience of mental health work. The department has one of the largest specialist legal teams advising people subject to the provisions of the Mental Health Act 1983 in the West Midlands area.  Phil is a member of the Law Society’s panel of accredited solicitors specialising in this type of work.

He assists clients at Mental Health Tribunals and hospital managers’ review meetings and also by arranging attendance at formal meetings which involve planning future treatment and aftercare. 

Phil also advises families as to their rights, particularly where the powers of the nearest relative need to be considered and explained and has experience of advising relatives separately at hearings where they have made their own application for a patient to be discharged.

Occasionally Phil writes articles and gives lectures on the subject of mental health law. He has been involved in appeals in the Upper Tribunal and High Court, challenging decisions made by tribunals and hospital managers.