The Elderly and Vulnerable Clients Unit primarily tackles legal issues surrounding vulnerability through incapacity. This includes drawing up documents which provide others with the ability to make decisions for you in case of future incapacity (such as Lasting Power of Attorney) or dealing with those who do not have the ability to manage and make decisions regarding their own financial affairs. Incapacity can result from any number of factors, including:

• medical issues
• conditions suffered from birth, such as general learning difficulties, or autism
• an accident causing a brain injury
• an injury caused during birth
• a symptom of an illness such as dementia or stroke.

The Team Dealing with Elderly and Vulnerable Clients

Tollers’s EVCU team is headed up by Tonina Ashby and has the benefit of Panel Deputy Martin Hill and Professional Deputy Barry Rogers. As a Court of Protection appointed Panel Deputy, Martin is one of only 9 Panel Deputies in the West Midlands and Tollers have had an elected Panel Deputy member since the inception of the Court Panel.

With 8 offices across several Counties, our specialist Deputy team are able to service all areas of Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Leicestershire, although our EVCU manages clients as far as Essex, London, Birmingham, Gloucester, Norfolk and Wales.

Our EVCU team can assist and advise in a number of areas, including:

• Court of Protection (including Deputyship, Gifting and Statutory Will Applications)
• Powers of Attorney
• Wills
• Estate Planning
• Professional Attorney / Deputy Management
• Ongoing support and advice for Attorneys and Deputies
• Capacity Issues
• Care Advice
• Residential Care Issues
• Care Contracts
• Property Issues
• Funding in Care
• Local Authority Assessments for Care
• NHS Care Funding
• Financial Abuse
• Safeguarding
• Personal Injury Trusts
• Vulnerable Adults and Children

Talk to Tollers

Our team are able to guide you through the complexities of this growing area of law. For more information or to arrange an appointment, please contact a member of the EVCU team.