Legal guidance after serious or life-changing injury
Helping individuals and families understand their legal options, protect their rights, and access the right guidance after a serious or life-changing injury.
Practical Legal Guidance After Serious Injury
After a serious injury, individuals and families often have to make unfamiliar decisions while also managing medical care, recovery, and future planning. It can be difficult to know where to start, especially when aspects like mental capacity become a concern.
Our job is to help individuals and families understand the practical legal issues that arise and make the best possible choices . Legal expertise can be sought in a range of areas. We can signpost you to trusted solicitors and professionals who listen to your situation and help you confidently move forward.
Comprehensive Legal Support
Compensation
Assessment of legal options and representation from specialist solicitors for patients and families who may be entitled to compensation.
Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPA)
Connecting people with trusted specialists who can explain LPAs and guide them through the process.
Mental Capacity Guidance
Helping people understand mental capacity issues and where to access expert advice and support.
Deputyship Support
Providing guidance on deputyship arrangements and signposting to solicitors who can help with Court of Protection.
Wills & Estate Planning
Explaining the importance of wills and estate planning following a serious or life-changing injury.
Advance Decisions & Future Planning
Signposting to legal professionals who can help individuals record their wishes and plan with confidence.
A Clear 3-Step Process
Initial conversation
We begin with an open conversation. This involves listening to your situation in as much detail as you would like and asking some questions to get a sense of how we can help.
Personalised Plan
After the initial call, we speak to our specialist colleagues and expert contacts to decide the best information and avenues to offer to you.
Follow-up conversation
We usually follow up with another call, which might be us advising you or passing you on to an expert contact from our trusted network – this might be a solicitor, a therapist or a financial advisor, for example.
Is Legal Support Right for You?
You may benefit if...
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You're concerned about a loved one's ability to make decisions
How we can helpExplaining capacity and signposting to experts
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You're unsure whether an LPA is needed
How we can helpExplaining LPAs and who can help
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You're managing a recent diagnosis
How we can helpIdentifying legal issues after diagnosis
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You're facing complex family decision-making
How we can helpOffering guidance and expert signposting
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You're considering deputyship or Court of Protection applications
How we can helpSignposting to Court of Protection specialists
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You're looking to prepare for the future
How we can helpPlanning ahead with expert legal signposting
You may benefit if...
How we can help
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The Emotional Impact of Serious Injury
Many families are unaware of the importance of planning ahead until a crisis occurs. Legal arrangements such as Lasting Powers of Attorney, Advance Decisions, and estate planning can provide protection and clarity for everyone involved.
Mental capacity is an important consideration and can change over time. Understanding how decisions are assessed and who can act when someone is unable to make decisions for themselves is essential for ensuring their wishes and best interests remain central to all care and support arrangements.
By taking proactive steps early, families can reduce uncertainty, avoid unnecessary delays, and ensure the right decisions can be made at the right time.