A statutory will is a legally binding document that outlines the distribution of a person's assets after their passing, often under...

Understanding the legal process for getting a private mental capacity assessment is essential. It's important to understand the legal...

What is Mental Capacity? Mental Capacity is your ability to make an autonomous decision with the Mental Capacity Act (2005) advising;...

The case of a conveyancing solicitor selling a woman's property when there were doubts about the person's capacity highlighted the need...

Who can complete a mental capacity assessment? The assessor must be an impartial, qualified professional, such as a Doctor or Social Worker

A lasting power of attorney (POA) is a legal document used to appoint someone you trust as your agent to make decisions on your behalf...

Mental capacity is a legal term that is used to describe an individual's ability to make decisions. It is important to understand what...

When someone is self-funding and placed by statutory services into a care home, they can, on occasion, fall between the gaps;

We make so many decisions in everyday life, so much so we very rarely take the time to consider these decisions.

Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council (19 014 246) The Health and Social Care Ombudsman ruled that for an individual to be found...

In those instances where the outcome of the assessment is that the person does lack sufficient mental capacity to make the specific decision

In those instances where an individual is deemed to have sufficient capacity, our expert Social Workers record a full mental capacity assess

When applying for an order from the court of protection, a mental capacity assessment for the specific decision is a general requirement....

We often hear “can you complete a general capacity assessment”

Postmortem retrospective testamentary mental capacity assessments from a Social Work approach. When an individual's last will and...