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 are 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…
Where there is a wish… there should always be a will – The importance of making a will
Today’s society sees more blended and non-traditional family arrangements than ever before. Marriage rates are declining year on year with many couples deciding to live together as unmarried partners instead and sometimes have children from previous relationships. In...
The Telegraph – Letters to the editor
Michael Culver, Chair of SFE said: “It’s horrifying to think of do-not-attempt-resuscitation (DNAR) orders being applied to groups of vulnerable people (“Care home residents put on DNR orders without consent”, report, March 18)”.