Rod Campbell-Taylor

Rod is the managing solicitor. After law school in London and then training/qualifying in Suffolk Rod moved back to London in 1996 when he started his own practice. He has been a member of the Law Society’s specialist Mental Health Panel since 1996 and was formally a committee member of the Mental Health Lawyer’s Association. He is Chair of Hackney Cooperative Developments.

He was one of the first practitioners to bring a mental health case based under the Human Rights Act and has brought a substantial number of Judicial Reviews in mental health and community care, and has experience of taking cases all the way to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.

Rod has experience of finance and welfare Court of Protection work, bringing claims against public authorities and hospital based personal injury claims.  He also provides advice on NHS care, care home disputes, regulatory and safeguarding issues.

Lucy Venn (Solicitor)

Lucy qualified as a solicitor in 2015 and joined the firm in 2021 after training and working at various international law firms in The City of London. Prior to this, Lucy worked as a Mental Health paralegal at a high street firm.

Lucy is a member of the Law Society's Mental Health Accreditation Scheme and represents detained patients before the Mental Health Review Tribunal.

She also has experience of advising and representing clients in section 21A applications in the Court of Protection.

Fadi Zaki (Trainee Solicitor)

Fadi graduated from Cambridge University with a BA in Law in 2018 and graduated from law school in 2021 with distinction in the LPC. He joined the firm in 2018 as a paralegal and became a trainee solicitor in 2021.

Fadi has a robust grounding in the firm's core areas of work, having represented clients at mental health meetings and hospital managers hearings. He also enjoys researching complex points of law in ancillary areas and has helped advise a number of care organisation clients in respect of breach of confidentiality issues, HMO disputes, charging provisions under supporting living leases and statutory nuisance.

Bill Jackson (Specialist Caseworker)

A graduate of St Andrew's University, Bill is an accredited mental health legal representative with over 30 years experience of mental health work. Before becoming a lawyer he worked as a social worker, including a period a Broadmoor Special Hospital. He has massive mental health experience and has previously written independent social work reports. He also has experience of claims for unlawful detention and MCA work.