Miles & Partners Solicitors
88-90, Middlesex St
London
E1 7EZ

We offer an efficient and sympathetic service to those who have come into contact with the law relating to mental health or mental capacity. All matters will be personally dealt with by an experienced Solicitor. Our Mental Health Supervisor is Sophy Miles, a Partner, who has been a member of the Law Society's Mental Health Review Tribunal Panel since 1996.  We are one of the few firms with experience in cases where the courts decide the best interests of people without capacity to take decisions themselves. We offer:

• Advice and representation at Mental Health Review Tribunals (restricted and unrestricted)
• Advice and representation at Hospital Manager’s Hearings
• Advice and representation in the Court of Protection (“best interests” cases)

We are dedicated to providing the highest standard of service whether clients are publicly or privately funded.

You do not have to pay for representation to appeal to a Mental Health Review Tribunal against detention in hospital. The Legal Services Commission provides Controlled Representation to cover this.

You may be entitled to Public Funding for other legal problems depending on your means. If you receive Income Support or income-based Jobseekers' Allowance, or if you are on a very low income, you will not have to pay anything towards your legal fees in most cases.  If you are eligible for legal aid for a case where money or property is recovered or retained in proceedings some or all of the legal costs will have to be repaid to the Legal Services Commission out of the money or property preserved. In this way public funding can act as a loan. This is known as the statutory charge but it does not apply in all cases. Your means may be such that you are eligible for legal aid but may have to pay a contribution from savings, capital or income. We will advise you about this.

For privately funded cases we will estimate the cost of your case at the outset and keep you regularly informed. Our charges are clear cut and competitive providing affordable expertise with close proximity of the city.