Keri Tayler’s Profile

The focus of my practice is the interface between individuals and the state, in the fields of community care, health care, mental health, education and general public law.

I am frequently instructed by the Official Solicitor, local authorities, family members and other interested parties in the Court of Protection including capacity disputes, challenges to DOLS authorisations and welfare matters. Cases of note include capacity to consent to marriage and sexual relations and forced marriage, hoarding, diagnostic issues involving alcohol consumption and cases with an international element where the Court had to consider repatriation.

I have appeared on behalf of and advised local authorities and individuals in the Administrative Court and in the First Tier Tribunal in matters involving children and adults.

Inquests are also an area of particular interest, especially where there is an overlap with other areas of her practice. A notable inquest involved the issue of whether the deceased had capacity to refuse treatment in circumstances where the lack of treatment of a chronic illness had hastened the death.

My background at a senior level in a local authority legal department enables me to bring to my work a substantial knowledge of local authority duties and powers, as well as a practical understanding of how they work and the pressures they face.

Court of Protection