Abuse of Psychiatry inthe United KingdomLegal System
Leonard Lawrence
23 April 2015
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Hospital Medical Director’s report Leonard Lawrence then observed:
“He was thenmedicated to theextent that he lostmental capacity”
During the period the OfficialSolicitor of the Supreme Courtacted as his Guardian ad Litem,
three Court of Protection medicalcertificates (CP3s) had beenobtained but not registered withthe Court of Protection.
(by solicitor Helen Clift fromwithin the Official Solicitors office)
He was, therefore, for nearly18 months regarded as amentally ill patient withoutaccess to the Court ofProtection. During this timeconsiderable amounts of hisassets went missing.
Professor Abou-Donia, Professorof Pharmacology and CancerBiology and of Neurobiology Tauand MBP suggest the presence ofmoderate brain injury. Consistentwith chemical –induced nervoussystem injury.
“We were very concerned by what we heard about the safeguards.
The evidence suggests that tens of thousands of people arebeing deprived of their liberty without the protection of the law,and without the protection that Parliament intended.
Worse still, in some cases the safeguards are being wilfully used to oppressindividuals and to force decisions upon them. The Government needs to goback to the drawing board to draft replacement provisions that are easy tounderstand and implement, and in keeping with the style and ethos of theMental Capacity Act.”
Lord Hardie Chairman, House of Lords Select Committee on the Mental Capacity Act 2005:
post–legislation scrutiny. Published 13 March 2014
The Rt Hon. the Lord Hardie QC
Alastair Pitblado Official Solicitor to the Senior Courts
Alastair Pitblado on 29 June 2009 advised the Bar Standards Board and May Maughan,Deputy Official Solicitor, in June 2009 the Solicitors Regulatory Authority that the point hadnot been reached in the Leonard Lawrence case SL03D00938 where the Court ofProtection was necessary. The Official Solicitors files disclosed in March 2012 identifiedthat Helen Clift knew that a consent order was required from the Court of Protection.
The Queens Bench Division on 3 July 2014 release a report by barrister CarolineWillbourne, 1 Garden Court Chambers, identify that Leonard Lawrence had been incapableof legal discussion and understanding with the Official Solicitor, or any solicitor instructedby the Official Solicitor, for over one year.
At what time does it become necessary to involve the Court of Protection ?
His Honour Judge Simon Oliver, Reading County Court 16 April 2013
THE JUDGE: Well, it actually says so in the Official Solicitor’s guide, does it not?
MR DAY: It does
THE JUDGE: It actually says in there “We have to refer this to the Court of Protection”
MR DAY: Yes
Since January 2006 his department hasbeen brought in to represent 588 parentsdeemed to “lack the mental capacity” toinstruct lawyers in cases where theirchildren faced the possibility of adoption.
Daniel FOGGO, SUNDAY TIMES - 14-Jun-2009
Alastair Pitblado Official Solicitor to the Senior Courts
New figures show that hundreds of parents have had the officialsolicitor, currently Alastair Pitblado, imposed.
Rise in Children Taken into Care since Alastair Pitblado becameOfficial Solicitor to the Senior Courts in 2006
Helen Clift, Solicitor realm within the Official SolicitorDepartment
Did not to disclose to any court, including the Court of Protection
•Court of Protection Medical Certificates CP3 that she held for Leonard Lawrence.
•That Leonard Lawrence had an acquired brain injury from poisoning
•That Leonard Lawrence was incapable of legal discussion and understanding
•That Helen Clift made all clinical and financial decision on Leonard Lawrence
•Allowed barrister Dominic Brazil, 1 Kings Bench Walk, her former colleague, to
place adverse cost inferences on Leonard Lawrence
•Allowed solicitor Sarah Benfield to gain Leonard Lawrence signature on Legal AidForms whilst he was incapable of legal discussion and understanding.
•Allowed solicitors and barristers to generate over £100,000 in legal fees at Sloughand Reading County Court.
•No Barcode
•No Serial Number
•= No Audit Trail
THE FIRST COURT OF PROTECTION MEDICAL CERTIFICATEHELD BY SOLICITOR HELEN CLIFT, OFFICE OF THE OFFICIALSOLICITOR.
ISSUED BY DR ROYDS, CYGNETT HEALTHCARE, GODDENGREEN. ISSUE WITHOUT A MEDICAL. NEVER DISCLOSEDTO ANY COURT BY EITHER DR ROYDS OR HELEN CLIFT
X BARCODE
X SERIAL NUMBER
= NO AUDIT TRAIL
No Audit trail results in no PROTECTION from the Court of PROTECTION
•No Barcode
•No Serial Number
•= No Audit Trail
X BARCODE
X SERIAL NUMBER
= NO AUDIT TRAIL
No Audit trail results in no PROTECTION from the Court of PROTECTION!
THE SECOND COURT OF PROTECTIONCERTIFICATE HELD BY SOLICITOR HELEN CLIFT,OFFICE OF THE OFFICIAL SOLICITOR. NEVERDISCLOSED TO ANY COURT BY EITHER DRJOSEPH TONY OR HELEN CLIFT.
•No Barcode
•No Serial Number
•= No Audit Trail
X BARCODE
X SERIAL NUMBER
= NO AUDIT TRAIL
No Audit trail results in no PROTECTION from the Court of PROTECTION
THE SECOND MEDICAL REPORT ISSUED UNDER PART VIIOF THE MENTAL HEALTH ACT 1983 - HELD BY SOLICITORHELEN CLIFT, OFFICE OF THE OFFICIAL SOLICITOR ANDBARRISTER (NOW RECORDER) NICHOLAS ALLEN, 29BEDFORD ROW CHAMBERS - NEVER DISCLOSED TO THEHIGH COURT FAMILY DIVISION OR THE COURT OFPROTECTION
LEONARD LAWRENCE COURT OF PROTECTION MEDICALCERTIFICATE OF MENTAL CAPACITY CP2.
ISSUED BY PROFESSOR GORDON TURNBULL FRCP FRCPsych
CONSULTANT ADVISER IN PSYCHIATRY TO THE UNITEDKINGDOM, CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY.
HELD BY SOLICITOR HELEN CLIFT, OFFICE OF THE OFFICIALSOLICITOR - NEVER DISCLOSED TO THE HIGH COURT FAMILYDIVISION OR COURT OF PROTECTION
•No Barcode
•No Serial Number
•= No Audit Trail
No Audit trail results in no PROTECTION from the Court of PROTECTION
X BARCODE
X SERIAL NUMBER
= NO AUDIT TRAIL
Report by the Law Society’s Solicitors Regulatory Authority
Dated 30 September 2009 - DISCLOSED 2011
"The Official Solicitor was acting as Mr. Lawrence’s representativeand Guardian and as such had the greater duty to protect him. Iconsider that the majority of the steps that Mr. Lawrence feelshould have been taken to protect him should have been taken bythe Official Solicitor rather than the firm including the decisionand action necessary to invoke the Court of Protection".
Leonard Lawrence legalfiles containing Court ofProtection MedicalCertificates as sent bySimpson Miller LLPSolicitors in October 2012
Is this the contempt with which Simpson Millar LLP Solicitors regard the Judiciaryand the United Kingdom Justice System or those with neurological disabilities?
Is this the contempt with which Simpson Millar LLP Solicitors regard the Judiciary and theUnited Kingdom Justice System or just those with permanent neurological disabilities?
•Leonard Lawrence holding a High Court Writ, issued bythe Queens Bench Division, Royal Courts of Justice,giving permission to sue Alastair Pitblado, OfficialSolicitor to the Senior Court.
•Also, His Honour Judge Phillip Waller, Court of ProtectionJudge, had instructed that Leonard Lawrence files besent to the Court of Protection in the first instance andan appeal filed at the Court of Protection.
•The appeal was blocked by Sarah Christou, SeniorOperations Manager, Court of Protection and the filessubsequently destroyed
•Simpson Millar LLP Solicitors were funded by the LegalServices Commission, High Costs, Special Cases Unit
Leonard Lawrence holding a High Court Writ against the Official Solicitor
?
On the 13 October 2014 following a Subject Access Requestcopied into Mrs Justice Pauffley, Simpson Millar LLP Solicitorsrelease Ten Record Box Files containing Leonard Lawrence’scase files that included Court of Protection Medical Certificates.
The case files were viewed by the Serious and Organised CrimeUnit, Devon and Cornwall Police, in 2015. The files had beenunder the control of solicitor David Harrington, Partner atSimpson Millar LLP Solicitors Leeds Office. The case files hadbeen withheld from Leonard Lawrence whilst matters wereactive in 2012 and 2013 in the following courts:
The Queens Bench Division
The Civil Court of Appeal
The Court of Protection
In January 2015 offences of fraud and more serious offencesincluding perjury were identified that Det. Supt. Tim De Meyer,Thames Valley Police and Det. Ch. Supt. Jon Reilly, Avon andSomerset Police, have failed to investigate.
Mrs Justice Pauffley, Senior Family Liaison Judge
As of today 23rd April 2016 His Honour Judge SimonOliver has still to make the retransferring order asinstructed by Mrs Justice Pauffley in February 2013.
His Honour Judge Simon Oliver will also need to includethe four Court of Protection Medical Certificates and theMedical Reports issued under Part V11 Mental Health Act1983 that he has held at Reading County Court since2012, prior to his appointment as a ticketed Court ofProtection judge in October 2015.
Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division and Court of Protection
Ministers 'blocking secret court reform': Concerns falling on deaf ears,says judge
•Sir James Munby says the rule of the controversial court 'must change‘
•He says journalists must be allowed to attend hearings for open justice
Published: 01:16, 19 March 2014 | Updated: 01:17, 19 March 2014
A senior judge yesterday accused ministers of blocking attempts toopen the country’s most secretive court to public scrutiny. Appealsto the Coalition to allow the public to know what goes on in thecontroversial Court of Protection have ‘fallen on deaf ears’, theleading family law judge said.
Sir James Munby, president of the Family Division, drew ministers for the firsttime into the row over secret courts and their treatment of vulnerable people.
What do we need going forward?
•We need to unite and organise
•We need serial numbers and/orbarcodes to establish an audittrail when we are deemed tolack mental capacity
•We need committed supportfrom the National Press
Final Thoughts
•We need society at large to realise that assetstripping children, adults and the elderly whenthey are most vulnerable is a multi billionpound industry
•It is enabled by administration andmanagement systems that are not fit forpurpose
•And exploited by individuals who seek outpositions of power and authority for the verypurpose of taking from others.
•Your misery is their profit!
28 August 2008 Slough County Court
Application by Susan Andrews, BP Collins Solicitor, for a Civil Restraint ORDER
MISS ANDREWS: This is an application that is likely to come to about £4000
JUDGE Kathryn McCULLOCH You have only written two letters
11 March 2009 Slough County Court
Application for Civil Restraint ORDER against Leonard Lawrence dismissed andSusan Andrews, BP Collins Solicitors, £15,000 of legal costs also dismissed.
In September 2010 barrister Dominic Brazil, 1 Kings Bench Walk Chambers,
Identified to Richard Anelay QC that Leonard Lawrence had been a patientsubject to the Court of Protection. Mr Brazil had been instructed by BP CollinsSolicitors. Solicitor Susan Andrew is known to be holding the first medical reportthat certified Leonard Lawrence in 2004, its existence was denied to the court bysolicitor Graeme Fraser, BP Collins Solicitors, in February 2005. Helen Clift
had worked with barrister Dominic Brazil prior to joining the office of the OfficialSolicitor.
Sue.Andrews@bpcollins.co.uk 01753 279046