Helen McGinty

Helen McGinty is a Principal in private practice, at Helen McGinty & Company. She provides advice and representation primarily in the fields of Mental Health and Incapacity law, to clients with mental health issues and their carers. After a number of years as a defence agent, Helen was the resident partner of Brown & Co. Solicitors, with responsibility for the Mental Health Legal Representation Project for Edinburgh and Lothians, of Legal Services Agency Ltd., for more than fifteen years. She is regularly appointed as Safeguarder and as curatrix ad litem at the Sheriff Court in Edinburgh, in Adults with Incapacity and other cases. She is a member of the Law Society of Scotland Mental Health and Disability Sub-Committee, of the Law Society of Scotland Incapacity and Mental Disability Law Specialist Accreditation Panel, and of the AWI User Group at Edinburgh Sheriff Court. She is also a legal member of the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland, and a mentor for new legal members of the Tribunal. Helen is the Treasurer of Bipolar Scotland, and a Director of the charity.