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…
With a little bit of help from my friends and family…
We are often approached by family members or close friends of a person who would like to put their affairs into good order by making a Will or setting up a Lasting Power of Attorney. Such a person is often trying to be helpful and simply get the ball rolling on behalf...
This is Money – If we gift our home to our daughter and convert part of it into an annexe for us to live in, will we risk an inheritance tax bill?
SFE Chair, Michael Culver explains how a local authority may regard giving or selling a house cheaply to a child as "deliberate deprivation" if you need care in the future. Michael explains the pitfalls here To view the article click here