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Court of Protection and Bereavement Support
These situations bring families to me: the Court of Protection getting involved because someone can no longer manage their own affairs, and a death in the family. Both come with a legal process and a practical one running alongside it. Solicitors and accountants handle the legal process. I handle the practical one, and I do it sensitively with impartiality.
When the Court of Protection is involved
If someone has lost the mental capacity to manage their own money and there is no Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) in place, the Court of Protection has to appoint a deputy. It can be a slower and more expensive route than a LPA, and once a deputy is appointed there is still a long list of practical work to do: tracking down accounts and assets, making sure pensions and benefits are in payment, dealing with providers who need to see the court order before they will speak to anyone.
I work alongside deputies and families to get through that list. I am not a solicitor and I do not do the legal application. I pick up everything that needs doing once the order is in place, so the deputy is not trying to do a full-time admin job on top of everything else in their life.
When someone in the family has died
After a death there is a huge amount of practical admin sitting underneath the grief: notifying providers, closing or transferring accounts, tracking down pensions and policies the family did not know existed, sorting the paperwork an executor needs. None of this needs to wait for probate to finish, and most of it is not something a solicitor's remit covers.
I sit down with the family, go through what is outstanding, and work through it with them, at their pace.
Working with Solicitors
I work closely with Solicitors, including those who specialise in Court of Protection work. Where they handle the legal process, I handle what happens on the ground for the family. If you are already working with a solicitor, I can work alongside them rather than duplicating anything.