The highly trained and experienced solicitors at Sills & Betteridge have a wide range of expertise dealing with legal problems involving mental health law. With offices in Lincoln, Boston, Sleaford, Skegness, Gainsborough, Spilsby and Coningsby the team is able to offer a truly specialist and compassionate service to clients in this area.
These include:
Before the Court of Protection:
- application for the appointment of a Deputy
- removal of a Deputy
- orders dealing with the property of persons lacking capacity
- objections to the registration of Lasting and Enduring Powers of Attorney
In the Office of the Public Guardian:
- administration of the affairs of persons lacking capacity on behalf of a Deputy
- acting as a Deputy on behalf of persons who lack someone more appropriate to act
- registration of Lasting and Enduring Powers of Attorney
Before the Mental Health Review Tribunal:
- challenges to compulsory detention in hospital
- challenges to Guardianship Orders
Before the High Court and County Courts:
- proceedings challenging the validity of transactions and wills entered into by those lacking capacity, under duress or under undue influence
Two of our partners are long standing members of the Law Society's Mental Health Review Tribunal Panel. We have four members of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners who deal with work before the Court of Protection and in Office of the Public Guardian. Our member of ACTAPS (the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists) handles cases involving challenges to the validity of lifetime transactions and wills on the grounds of lack of capacity, duress and undue influence.
In nearly all cases work before the Mental Health Review Tribunal is covered under simple and non means-tested public funding (Legal Aid) at no cost to the client. Other work is funded by a variety of methods which we would be pleased to discuss with you.
