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Our specialist community care solicitors take on work nationwide. The focus of community care law is on the welfare of children in need and wellbeing of vulnerable adults and their carers to ensure that their needs are properly assessed and supported.
Community care law is complex and wide ranging and often involves sensitive issues. It is important that specialist legal advice is sought. The most common types of cases that we deal with are:
If you would like to speak to a member of the team for advice and assistance call us on 01616 966 229 or complete our online enquiry form and we will contact you directly.
How can our community care solicitors help?
There are numerous ways in which the state can meet assessed and eligible care needs, from the simple provision of disability equipment and aids in the home to complex packages of personal care and major adaptations of someone’s living space. They may also include respite services, residential and nursing care and suitable housing and accommodation to meet the person’s needs.
Our community care team can advise and assist in pursuing a remedy, with expertise in both local authority complaints procedures, review processes, the local government ombudsman, and judicial review claims.
It is often possible to resolve a dispute without the need to issue court proceedings and we will determine and advise you on the best course of action.
Community care issues can also include assessments of a person’s mental capacity to make decisions in relation to their residence and care, and Court of Protection proceedings may sometimes become necessary. Our specialists have expertise in both community care law and Court of Protection welfare proceedings.
For advice call our community care law experts on 01616 966 229 or complete our online enquiry form and a member of the team will contact you directly.
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Assessing capacity of deaf individuals and anticipatory declarations
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council v KZ (Fluctuating Capacity: Anticipatory Declaration): [2024] Stephensons’ Court of Protection team represented a vulnerable adult in this case which considered some important points. Mrs Justice Theis, the...
From mental health care assistant to Court of Protection paralegal - an insight
I have recently started working as a graduate paralegal in the Court of Protection team at Stephensons following the completion of my law degree. Whilst doing my degree, I worked part time as a Mental Health Care Assistant, providing support to...
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