Court of Protection

We are specialist lawyers in London for Court of Protection applications. We offer competitive pricing and offer a bespoke Estate Planning service to all our clients.

There may come a time when a family member or a friend may lose the mental capacity required to make important decisions regarding their finances, property, or health and welfare decisions.  We understand the pressure this can put on family and friends, which is why our dedicated team of court of protection lawyers can help guide you through this difficult and emotional situation every step of the way.

The objective is to ensure that someone becomes legally accountable and responsible for making decisions for the incapacitated person’s affairs.  Getting the right legal framework in place means that the individual’s finances and property can be properly managed in their best interests, and any health or welfare decisions can be made by the most appropriate person.

How Barnes Harrild & Dyer Solicitors can help

If you are concerned about yourself or someone else managing an incapacitated person’s affairs, or about people managing your own affairs, we can help with:

-Appointing a deputy or acting as a deputy
-Removing inappropriate or ineffective attorneys or deputies
-Supporting deputies and attorneys to act within the legal framework
-Creating lasting powers of attorney or registering existing enduring powers of attorney
-Applications to the Court of Protection to make statutory wills, lifetime gifts and creating and managing trusts and trustees
-Setting up and helping to manage personal injury award trusts, including those for children
-Acting for the incapable individual or the applicant in Court of Protection health and welfare disputes
-Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) challenges or reviews

For further information and a free telephone consultation, call our Central London or Croydon offices today on 0208 681 5128. Alternatively, reach out to us via the blue contact boxes at the top of this page, and speak to a senior lawyer.