Meet the Elderly, Care and Mental Capacity Team

Key Contact

Justine Clowes

Job Title: Business Owner, Joint Head of Macclesfield Office, Head of Private Client and Partner
Location: Macclesfield
Phone: 01625 442148

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Genevieve Powrie

Job Title: Associate
Location: Macclesfield
Phone: 01625 442146

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Holly Jones

Job Title: Solicitor
Location: Chester
Phone: 01244 305942

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Jade Beesley

Job Title: Paralegal
Location: Macclesfield
Phone: 01625 442148

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“SAS Daniels LLP is ‘large enough to have the expertise in-house but not too large to lose the personal touch which is so important to clients. The team is technically extremely capable and all team members have an excellent bedside manner’.”

Legal 500, 2018

“The firm’s communication is exceptional and makes for very smooth working.”

Legal 500, 2020

“They are an open and friendly team. They’re not too large, and they’re not too small – they’re just right. I don’t feel as though I get lost in the department.”

Chambers UK, 2015

“Thanks for all your assistance with this. Circumstances have caused delays all the way with this, but thank you so much for your excellent work, friendly approach and unending patience.”

Gareth Jones

“At SAS Daniels LLP, team head Justine Clowes specialises in mental capacity work, care funding and older client issues. The ‘very knowledgeable and helpful’ Helen Kelly is recommended for her trusts work.”

Legal 500, 2016

How we have helped our clients

NHS Continuing Healthcare Funding

Our Elderly, Care & Mental Capacity team acted on behalf of a client who was in a care home and whose needs were reviewed by the NHS with a view to assessing whether or not she was entitled to NHS...

Care Home Contract Issues

Our Elderly, Care & Mental Capacity team acted for a client who wanted to challenge the terms of a care home contract that related to her husband. He had been occupying a room in a residential care home for over...

Lasting Power of Attorney Objection

Our Elderly, Care & Mental Capacity team acted on behalf of a client who was in his 90’s, with full capacity, who had appointed his step daughter as his attorney. When it came to registering the Lasting Power of Attorney...

FAQs

I have an Enduring Power of Attorney (EPA), is it still valid or do I need to make a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA)?

Existing EPAs are still valid, although no new ones can now be made. An EPA will only give your attorneys authority to make decisions about your property and financial affairs. If you want them to be able to make decisions...

I don’t have any family members or friends that I want to ask to be my attorney. What can I do?

We would be happy to act on your behalf as a professional attorney, but only in relation to property and financial affairs. We have many years experience of doing this for our clients.

How much does the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) charge to register an LPA or EPA?

Currently £82 per document.

How much does is the court fee to make an application to have a deputy appointed?

The court charges a fee of £400 per application. Once the deputy is appointed there are then further charges made by the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) in respect of an appointment fee (currently £100) and a supervision fee,...

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