Anthony is a solicitor in Sintons Healthcare Team, working closely with senior colleagues on a wide range of complex medical law matters. He assists NHS Trusts with legal issues arising from patient care, including capacity and best‑interests decision‑making, serious medical treatment, and deprivation of liberty in both hospital and community settings.

As part of the wider team, Anthony supports partners and senior solicitors in Court of Protection proceedings and High Court applications, often involving complex or time critical clinical situations. His calm, practical approach helps clinicians navigate legal processes to achieve lawful and patient-focused outcomes.

Outside of work, Anthony has attained governance and safeguarding experience in the charity and regulated housing sectors. He holds Trustee and Director roles at the charity Changing Lives. This contributes to his understanding of safeguarding, organisational risk and multi-agency practice.

Experience

As a member of the Healthcare Team, Anthony assists with:

• Applications in the Court of Protection and High Court concerning serious medical treatment, life‑sustaining interventions and urgent treatment decisions.
• Advising clinicians on the Mental Capacity Act 2005, including capacity assessments, best‑interests decisions, refusal of treatment, and the use of restraint.
• Preparing applications for the authorisation of deprivation of liberty in acute hospital and pre‑hospital environments, including secure transport scenarios.
• Supporting the team in advising on the treatment of children and young people, including issues of parental responsibility and Gillick competence.
• Assisting with safeguarding matters arising from patient care and contributing to multi‑agency discussions.
• Drafting legal documents, case summaries and papers for urgent applications, working collaboratively with partners and senior lawyers.

Selected Matters

Anthony has supported senior colleagues on a variety of complex or sensitive cases, including:

• Assisting in serious medical treatment proceedings involving a patient with profound learning disabilities and cancer where treatment burden and benefit had to be carefully balanced.
• Contributing to preparation of materials in a best‑interests decision involving rare acute myeloid leukaemia and complex treatment considerations.
• Supporting the team in a High Court dispute involving treatment for a young child with hip dysplasia.
• Multiple secure conveyance applications concerning deprivation of liberty arising from ambulance transport requiring physical or chemical restraint.