Spencer Gardner

Legal Director
Contact details

07717 841 365

023 8085 7009

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Spencer is a Legal Director in our Court of Protection team based in Southampton. He has over 10 years’ experience of advising in the field of mental capacity, Court of Protection disputes and health and social care matters.

Main areas of practice

Spencer specialises in high value financial and health and welfare disputes in the Court of Protection concerning the elderly and vulnerable.

He advises individuals and public bodies on the wide range of services provided by social services and the NHS to help adults and children with health and social care needs.

Spencer has extensive experience in looking after the finances and welfare of those unable to do so themselves under Deputyship, Personal Injury Trust and Attorney arrangements.

Clients

Spencer acts for vulnerable individuals and their families as well as public bodies (such as Local Authorities and the NHS) and care homes.

Expertise

Career

Prior to joining Blake Morgan, Spencer was the Lead Solicitor for Adult Social Services for a Local Authority in Dorset and later a Senior Solicitor for a regional firm in the South.

Contact details

07717 841 365

023 8085 7009

LinkedIn

Accreditations
The Law Society accredited practitioner - Mental Capacity (Welfare)
Memberships
  • Vice-Chair, Court of Protection Practitioners Association, South Central
  • Associate Member of The National Mental Capacity Forum

Insights by Spencer


articles

1 August - Spencer Gardner

A headline announcement was made earlier this week by Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, that Winter Fuel Payments would be removed from millions of pensioners to help fill a multi-billion-pound black hole...

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18 April - Spencer Gardner

Earlier this month, the UK Government announced it would be delaying the long-awaited implementation of the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) set out in the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019 (the...

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14 April - Spencer Gardner

The Government has announced it will delay the implementation of Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS). In this article, Blake Morgan will look at why this delay has come about and what...

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