Has someone you love lost mental capacity and needs you to make decisions regarding their health and finances? Steene Law are specialist Court Of Protection Solicitors.
Do you need to establish whether or not your loved one has the mental capacity to make a specific decision?
Are you fighting with your local authority about where your mentally incapacitated relative should live?
We have years of experience in Court of Protection applications and challenges. You can be confident that by instructing us to help, you will be advised and represented by some of the UK’s most committed elderly law solicitors.
Call us now 0203 653 0623 or complete a Free Online Enquiry and we will tell you the next steps you need to take and how we can help you.
“David and Dianne Steene at Steene Law Ltd were experts in Office of Public Guardian (OPG) investigations
“I became aware that David and Dianne Steene at Steene Law Ltd were experts in Office of Public Guardian (OPG) investigations. They guided me through a complex process to a completely successful outcome and it is clear that both David and Dianne not only have a depth and breadth of understanding in mental capacity law/Office of the Public Guardian/Court of Protection but also they are prepared to go that extra mile”
What is the Court of Protection?
We are lucky in England and Wales to have a specialist court that decides on cases concerning people who, following a medical assessment, are deemed to have lost mental capacity. Mental capacity can be lost permanently or temporarily, and the cause can range from Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease through to having learning disabilities or suffering a catastrophic personal injury.
As with all court applications, having an experienced lawyer advise and represent you greatly increases your chances of achieving a successful outcome.
If you need to apply to the Court of Protection we can help you
At Steene Law, we’re on your side. We understand how stressful Court of Protection applications can be.
We work with a team of highly respected medical experts who can establish whether or not your loved one has mental capacity. Mental capacity is not measured in black or white terms – your relative may be perfectly capable of making certain decisions but require assistance with others.
If you need to challenge a decision on mental capacity due to an investigation by the Office of the Public Guardian , we are one of the few firms in the country that specialise in this type of work. Let us resolve the matter for you so you can get on with caring for your loved one in peace.
What does the Court of Protection think about Steene Law, Solicitor’s work?
Steene Law are specialist Court of Protection solicitors.
We support people who are unable to make financial or health decisions. We have just finished a recent case that had a happy ending. There are some decisions that an Attorney or Deputy cannot make without the permission of the Court of Protection. Our client wanted to move their parent out of a care home into a purpose-built extension in their own home following an unexpected inheritance. Their parent’s money could not be touched to build the extension, nor the family member taken out of the care home without the consent of the Court of Protection- that’s the rule. Rather than argue that it seemed like a sledgehammer to crack a nut, we just got on with the task in hand.
The Court of Protection told us required a full judge-led hearing to consider whether it was in the family member’s Best Interests to use their money to build an extension to their adult child’s home and whether they would be better off at home or staying in a care home. We do feel this sort of decision that was supported by social services should not require this level of scrutiny and the costs associated with it. At Steene Law we were able to anticipate what the court would ask as such that all questions that a judge would anticipate. We summarised all the reasons why in a document called a skeleton argument and put all the papers together in a logical order such that this pile of documents called a Bundle was easy for the judge to read. The judge commended us on the quality of our paperwork decided he did not need a hearing and gave our client the Court Order allowing the extension to be built and the family member has given permission to live with his son.
This is what the Judge had to say about our detailed case summary:
Thank you for the excellently prepared bundle, case summary, skeleton argument and witness statements. I have had a chance to read the hearing bundle this morning and am willing to make the requested order without the need for tomorrow’s hearing, which I shall vacate.”
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Please either call us now 0203 653 0623, email reception@steenelaw.co.uk or complete a Free Online Enquiry and we will be delighted to help you.
We are available from 8am to 7pm, Monday to Friday and will explain your options including how you can apply to the Court of Protection.
“Out of the blue I received an Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) investigation.
I saw that Steene Law specialise in OPG investigation cases.
I contacted Dianne and David Steene at Steene Law Ltd who are experts in acting for Attorneys in respect of OPG safeguarding allegations. Apart from David and Dianne putting my mind at rest, they have a detailed knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and as importantly understand how the OPG investigations procedure. They were able to answer all the questions to the OPG’s satisfaction so that the OPG closed their file.
I highly recommend Steene Law for matters of this nature.
G Fascione