Position(s) Head of Team , Solicitor , Senior associate
Area(s) of Practice Court of Protection , Community Care & Healthcare
Location(s) Leeds
Phone 0113 245 2926
Andrea Prescott is a Community Care and Court of Protection Senior Associate specialising in health and welfare matters.
Andrea is passionate about her work which includes advising on advance decisions, Judicial Review, continuing healthcare funding appeals and funding cuts cases. Andrea also has a history of working on cases instructed by the Official Solicitor.
Andrea is also a Law Society Accredited Legal Representative.
Memberships:
Member of COPPA Committee (Yorkshire).
Notable cases:
(Re D (a child) [2019] UKSC 42)
(Newcastle- Upon- Tyne City Council v TP [2016] EWCOP B4)
(Newcastle-Upon-Tyne City Council v TP [2016] EWCOP B3)
(AG v BMDC and another [2016] EWCOP 37)
(PC and NC v City of York [2013] EWCA Civ 478)
Testimonials
Named as a "Rising Star" in Legal 500 2020.
Publications: Allen, N and Prescott A ' The opacity of sexual capacity', Elder Law Journal November 2012, ELJ [2012] 352-357
