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Health and Welfare deputyships are much less commonplace than those relating to finances and property.
This is because the law prefers that we act in the best interests of those unable to make health and welfare decisions, and support and enable their own decision making as far as possible. However, sometimes, it is necessary to apply for a Health and Welfare deputyship.
Whether your child has left Children's Services and you need the authority to choose further education, or there are a series of medical decisions your elderly relative must make, this is a highly emotive and technical area of law, and a matter on which we can help.
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If you want to control the gift, then it really is not a gift. It is a contribution to the property and you need to protect it in a declaration of trust. This may restrict the level of mortgage that can be obtained. However, it is best to be fully advised and really understand the outcomes.
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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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