Jordan practises in the Court of Protection, personal injury claims and inquests.
Jordan has a busy, diverse practice spanning mental capacity law, mental health law, personal injury law and inquests.
Jordan represents all parties in Court of Protection proceedings, acts for claimants in personal injury and clinical negligence claims, and for bereaved families in inquests. He is thoroughly familiar with the law relevant to persons with disability or illness.
Before coming to the Bar, Jordan worked in a leading national law firm in a team appointed Deputy for over one thousand clients’ property and financial affairs. He has long represented clients in social security benefits appeals, both for the Citizens’ Advice Bureau and Free Representation Unit.
Additionally, Jordan has published in the Medical Law Review, LSE Law Review, and Open Justice Court of Protection Project. His publications especially concern the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the European Convention on Human Rights.
Jordan is qualified to accept instructions directly from members of the public on the Public Access Scheme.
Jordan has a busy and varied Court of Protection practice, having undertaken one of the few specialist Court of Protection pupillages at the Bar of England and Wales.
Jordan is regularly instructed by every category of litigant in Court of Protection proceedings, including P by their litigation friend, P’s family members, deputies, and a nationwide range of local authorities and integrated care boards.
Jordan acts in cases involving matters of residence, care, deprivation of liberty, contact, coercive and controlling behaviour, sexual relations, serious medical treatment, overseas travel, education, internet and social media use, property and financial affairs and transition from child to adult services.
Jordan has particular experience in cases involving property and financial affairs. Before coming to the Bar, Jordan worked as a paralegal for a firm that was the property and affairs deputy for over 1,000 clients. During pupillage, Jordan assisted in cases involving deputies, Lasting Powers of Attorney and coercive control (including Re CA [2024] EWCOP 64) and dissolution of personal injury trusts. Jordan regularly acts in connection with deputies, attorneys and appointees, including when mismanagement of property is alleged.
During pupillage, Jordan was supervised by Oliver Lewis He helped develop arguments before the Court of Appeal in Re Macpherson [2024] EWCA (Civ) 1597, and before the Vice President of the Court of Protection in Re Patricia [2025] EWCOP 30 (T3) which concerned the serious medical treatment of a patient with severe and enduring anorexia nervosa.
Jordan has published articles on the Court of Protection and connected matters, including in the Medical Law Review (here and here), LSE Law Review (here) and the Open Justice Court of Protection project. As a student, he represented claimants in social security appeals for the Citizens’ Advice Bureau and for the Free Representation Unit.
Jordan acts in a range of personal injury and clinical negligence proceedings.
His practice includes a wide range of occupational injury, military noise-induced hearing loss, road traffic accident claims, obstetric injury, cosmetic surgery, infant settlement approval hearings, and post-inquest fatal accident and Human Rights Act claims.
Jordan can appear in interim and final hearings as required, and regularly appears in cost and case management conferences. He frequently advises on strategy, liability, quantum and settlement, and drafts advice, particulars of claim and schedules of loss.
Jordan acts in inquests that touch upon mental health or disability. He has deep experience in inquests touching upon Article 2 ECHR, and has written academic articles on that matter (here).
Jordan has particular experience representing the bereaved relatives of patients. He has acted in inquests involving deaths in the community, and whilst the deceased was detained pursuant to the Mental Health Act 1983, and in circumstances involving suicide, homicide and avoidable organic illness.
Jordan appears in Pre-Inquest Review hearings and final hearings, and can advise on associated civil claims.
Jordan accepts instructions in all aspects of the Mental Health Act 1983 (‘MHA’).
Jordan has experience representing patients before the Mental Health Tribunal, including restricted patients subject to orders pursuant to s.37/s.41 of the Act.
Jordan also has significant experience representing public bodies, including in displacement of nearest relative proceedings.
Jordan has particular experience of Community Treatment Orders (‘CTOs’), both in respect of patients wishing to challenge such orders, and advising third parties in connection with proposed discharges pursuant to a CTO.
Jordan regularly advises upon the MHA when it is relevant to other areas of law. This includes advising on actual or proposed detention pursuant to s.2 or s.3 in Court of Protection proceedings, acting in inquests involving detention pursuant to s.136, and acting in judicial review proceedings when ordinary residence for the purposes of s.117 is contested.
During pupillage, Jordan was supervised by Sophy Miles and published a range of articles about the effects of the Mental Health Act 2025.