Mary-Rachel McCabe - Healthcare and Serious Medical Treatment
Year of Call: 2015
Legal 500 2026, Leading Junior Tier 5 (Court of Protection: Health and Welfare)
Mary-Rachel has a busy Court of Protection practice and acts in cases concerning a wide range of health and welfare matters before all tiers of Court of Protection judges. Mary-Rachel acts for vulnerable adults (via their litigation friends), children, family members, local authorities, Integrated Care Boards and NHS Trusts. She has experience acting in serious medical treatment cases, including:
- Acting for an NHS Trust in an application for P to undergo investigations and treatment for possible womb cancer;
- Acting for P in an application for him to be conveyed to hospital for urgent medical investigations and treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and leg ulcers;
- Acting for the parents of a three-month old baby in an application by an NHS Trust to withdraw life-sustaining medical treatment.
Mary-Rachel also has extensive experience of acting in hoarding cases and in cases involving the deprivation of liberty of children and young people, both in the Court of Protection and under the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court.
Read Mary-Rachel's full profile here.
