Care

Our care sector group provides a specialist service for those involved in the care home industry.  Our team are experienced in all legal matters relevant to the purchase, operation and sale of care homes.  We offer full commercial support through the business cycle of a care home, from acquisition and financing to development, dealing with staffing issues and regulatory issues, through to disposal.

Our service also offers expert advice and assistance relating to the on-going care and welfare of residents, such as mental capacity issues.  Our private client lawyers are highly respected for their work in this area and have strong links with the various service providers who work with the elderly, so we can ensure that our clients and their residents have access to the best advice and support.

Our service includes:

Property and Planning

Purchases and sales (both freehold and leasehold), sale and leasebacks, title issues and disputes.  Planning advice, including new build development projects and enlarging your existing premises.  Advice on change of use, both to care home use and seeking alternative uses for your care home.

Company, Commercial and Finance

Sales and purchses (shares/assets), management agreements, contracts with suppliers and bank security advice.

Employment

Contracts of employment, staff handbooks, employment policies and procedures, disciplinary and grievance issues, redundancies and restructures, dealing with poor performance, TUPE, the right to work in the UK, discrimination law and employment tribunal litigation. 

We also offer EmployLaw, our fixed price employment liability protection scheme - click here.

Regulation

Applications for registration and due diligence, CQC compliance including inspections and quality ratings, safeguarding multi-agency regulation through CQC enforcement and local authority contractual sanctions and new models of care and the future of regulation.

Dispute Resolution

Collection of debts, claims against Local Authorities on behalf of residents, building disputes, defence of prosecutions by Local Authorities and representation in lease renewal proceedings and other property disputes.

Private Client matters

Care funding, mental capacity issues, Lasting Powers of Attorney, Court of Protection matters, Wills, estate administration and Inheritance Tax planning.