Helping to connect you with the right legal help when you need it
Helping you plan for later life
What do you need to put in place to help protect your future in terms of finances and health and choose who makes decisions on your behalf if you no longer can?
Helping you support your loved ones
We can also help when your loved ones need expert legal advice. Our members are used to helping families in times of crisis and trained to work with vulnerable clients.
Have you ever asked yourself?
What happens if I can’t make my own decisions?
There are many reasons that you may one day become unable to make decisions about your own financial assets or physical wellbeing, for example if you lose mental capacity through an illness like dementia. In this situation, having a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) in place allows you to choose family members or other trusted individuals (‘attorneys’) to be authorised to make decisions on your behalf…
How do we fund my elderly relative’s care?
It is very common for people to require additional care as they get older, either within their own home or by moving into a care home. Having a health and welfare Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) in place ensures that you, as the attorney, can act upon your relative’s wishes or preferences around the care they receive, should they lose capacity…
Personal Injury Trust (PIT) – what is it and how does it work?
If you have received a payment of compensation for a physical or mental injury you have suffered, you may cease to be entitled to state benefits. A rough guide is that someone with more than £6,000 in savings is at risk of losing means-tested benefits and where they...
SFE in featured in the Express talking about the looming Dementia crisis
The piece talks about our the impending incapacity crisis and the dangers of not planning ahead for the future and features a quote from SFE chief executive, Lakshmi Turner. To read the piece click here To find about more about SFE’s campaign and what you can do to...