We are specialists in acting on behalf of the mentally incapacitated. Led by a Court of Protection Panel Deputy, our team can advise on all aspects of mental capacity, from care home funding eligibility to appointing Powers of Attorney.
Mental capacity issues can affect anyone at any stage in their life. Our specialist team are dedicated to providing expert support, advice and representation on any mental capacity issue to the individuals themselves or their friends and families.
Whether you wish to make a Power of Attorney so you can help a parent manage their finances or set up a disabled person's trust to provide for your son or daughter after you have gone, we can help.
Melinda Giles heads the team and has gained a wealth of experience in a range of mental capacity cases from her role as one of 60 Panel Deputies for the Court of Protection. As such, we are also experts in any dealings with the Court and can approach it on your behalf if necessary.
Led by Panel Deputy, Melinda Giles, our team can help resolve all of your mental capacity needs with efficiency and compassion.
The guidance from HMRC confirms that each person can make as many ‘small gifts’ at Christmas as they like. HMRC defines small gifts as those where the value is £250 or less per person.
A divorce is difficult for a family to navigate through, but it can be especially hard when there is a child that has been diagnosed with a neurodivergent condition.
It is human nature to think “it will never happen to me”, but it is a sad fact of life that an increasing number of us may, at some point, have a loved one that may go into a residential care home or require care and support in their own home. This may be due to illness, old age or perhaps as the result of personal injury or an accident, and it often happens at the most inconvenient of times.
The expertise of our solicitors is regularly recognised by some of the profession’s most distinguished organisations. As well as being a member of a number of Law Society schemes, we have won awards at the Law Society Excellence Awards, the Halsbury Legal Awards and the Modern Law Awards.
We have also received recognition in the form of the Lexcel mark of quality, a Legal 500 listing and a place on the shortlist of The Lawyer’s Boutique Firm of the Year.
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