Arianna Kelly is a barrister at 39 Essex Chambers with a specialist practice in mental capacity, community care and mental health law and inquests. She is ranked as a leading junior in the Court of Protection by Chambers and Partners, and as a ‘Rising Star’ in Administrative and Public Law in the Legal 500, which described her as having: ‘Outstanding knowledge of the Care Act.’

Arianna works extensively in the field of community care. She frequently advises in and undertakes judicial review work in relation to eligibility and care planning decisions, community care charging and debt recovery, safeguarding investigations, ordinary residence determinations and decisions to de-register approved providers, age assessments and allowances to special guardians. She also advises public authorities on policies relating to health and social care. Arianna acts in a range of Court of Protection matters including welfare, property and affairs, serious medical treatment. Arianna also regularly acts and advises in matters relating to the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court. Arianna is on both the Attorney General’s Regional Panel and the Equality and Human Rights Commission Panel of counsel. Arianna is a member of the National Committee for the Court of Protection Practitioners Association.