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The Legal Panel is a subgroup of the CB-NSG, established in 2016, which aims to make better use of the legal framework for enabling families to get the right support for their relatives. The Legal Panel meets regularly and is comprised of representatives of a number of leading law firms alongside academics and charities. Members work together to improve outcomes for individuals with learning disabilities and/or autistic people and their families when engaging with the legal system.
Legal Panel membership is reviewed regularly. Current membership includes lawyers from Bindmans, Central England Law Centre, Duncan Lewis, Doughty Street Chambers, Irwin Mitchell, Leigh Day and Rook Irwin Sweeney; representatives of the CBF, Mencap and NAS; and leading academics and researchers.
When relevant issues are identified, the Legal Panel may also work in collaboration with other key stakeholders, including families, to develop wider strategic solutions to particular issues.
If you have a relevant legal question, please contact support@thecbf.org.uk who will pass it on to the Legal Panel if appropriate.
If you are a legal professional, academic, researcher, or VCSE representative with interest in being part of the Legal Panel, please email nationalstrategygroup@thecbf.org.uk and include ‘Legal Panel membership’ in the email subject.