Jolena Bullivant-Clark

Jolena joined Hempsons as a paralegal in 2019, before commencing her training contract in September 2020. She completed 4 training seats in the healthcare litigation, corporate, commercial, employment, and advisory teams before qualifying into the advisory team in September 2022.

Jolena provides advice to and acts for NHS public bodies, in particular commissioners and healthcare providers on a wide range of legal matters, including;

• Advising and representing integrated care boards and NHS Trusts in Court of Protection cases (deprivation of liberty safeguards applications, Section 21A challenges, complex welfare cases and serious mental health and medical treatment cases)
• Advising integrated care boards in respect of commissioning and funding issues and
• Managing and resolving disputes and complaints.

Jolena also practices in the growing health and social care sector, providing advice and support to social care, private health providers, and GP’s including challenges and appeals to the Care Quality Commission (CQC), preparation for CQC inspection and complaints and crisis management.

Main areas of expertise

• CQC
• social care
• Court of Protection
• NHS continuing healthcare
• commissioning decisions and disputes
• complaints and crisis management

The clients she works with

• social care providers – care home and domiciliary care
• GPs and dental practices
• Integrated care boards
• NHS mental and acute trusts

Qualifications

• LLM Legal Practice (2017)
• LLB (Hons) Law (2016)

More about Jolena

Jolena is a keen reader and runs the Hempsons Harrogate Book Club. She enjoys travel, exploring new places and meeting new people, making her an active member of the Hempsons Harrogate Social Committee.