About Shannon Wheeler
Shannon is a Legal Assistant in our Community Care team. Shannon joined the team in January 2022, having completed her Higher National Diploma in Business (Law) in 2015 and then working for a number of years within the adult social care sector.
Shannon has jointly worked on various Asylum matters including successfully defending judicial review challenges to local authority decisions in relation to age assessments. Shannon is developing her skills in drafting legal documents including briefing counsel and responses to pre-action protocol letters.
Shannon is building her knowledge around age assessments, Human Rights Act assessments and No Recourse to Public Funds. Shannon is keen to develop these practice areas as well as learning more about work in the Court of Protection as part of the team’s Adult Social Welfare work.