Legal Advice for Community Care.

Our Community Care Team have expert knowledge on all aspects of Community Care Law, including funding for elderly or disability care.

Navigating changes can be challenging and distressing.

We uncomplicate the legal process.

We work proactively with you to ensure that you receive tailored, comprehensive and sympathetic advice so that you or your relative understand the care received and the financial implications of this care.

Employment Law

We understand that going into a care home or receiving care within the community can be a demanding and frustrating time for the individual involved and for their relatives, both financially and emotionally.

The legal framework in which Community Care operates is ever changing and at FBC Manby Bowdler we have a specialist Community Care Team in place whose responsibility it is to navigate those changes for you, ensure that you or your relative understands the care received and the financial implications of this care.

Our Community Care Team draws together lawyers who have expert knowledge on all aspects of Community Care Law, in particular the funding of care for the elderly and the disabled, both during life and after death. We can provide you with clear guidance and support through what can be a challenging and distressing time.

 

Dementia Friends

Michelle Monnes-Thomas is FBC Manby Bowdler’s Alzheimer’s Society ‘Dementia Friends’ Training Champion and heads the Firm’s support of this initiative. 

Though training, workshops and community engagement Michelle leads efforts to educate colleagues about dementia and improve the service we offer to sufferers and those who care for them.

The Team can provide clear advice on a number of issues in this areas including:

Advising on Local Authority Financial Assessments including advice on assets and income to be disregarded as part of this assessment

Advising on jointly owned property

Advising on third party contributions required towards a relative’s care fees

Assisting previous self funders in securing Local Authority Funding for Future Care Fees

Attending assessments and reviews with patients and relatives of patients

Challenging decisions to withdraw NHS Continuing Health Care following review

Advising on potential challenges concerning deliberate deprivation of capital/income

Defending claims made by the Local Authority (particularly regarding Deferred Payment Plans) against an individual

Recovering retrospective nursing care fees previously paid for both a deceased and live patient

Michelle Monnes-Thomas

Working With Our Service Team

Our legal experts work proactively with you to ensure that you receive tailored, comprehensive and sympathetic advice that assists in uncomplicating the legal process, ensuring at all times you understand what is being done on your families behalf.

- Michelle Monnes-Thomas

If you have an enquiry in relation to Community Care law or simply want to speak to a member of our expert team, please get in touch.

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Andrew Vernon

Consultant

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Carina Kervin

Partner

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Graham Fuller

Partner

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Lauren Faulkner

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Michelle Monnes-Thomas

Partner

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What Our Clients Say
 

We chose FBC Manby Bowdler because they were local to us and we are really glad that we did. They are very helpful and friendly, from reception through to the partner we spoke too. So easy to talk to and explained anything we were sure about.

Carina Kervin

Ms P

 

Excellent service, all staff were friendly and efficient. Solicitor explained everything very well. Would recommend this company without hesitation. Gold star service.

Michelle Monnes-Thomas

Ms W

 

All the services which FBC Manby Bowdler have provided to me have been delivered efficiently, helpfully and supportively. With the challenging year of COVID this is much appreciated. Thank you to all the staff I have dealt with.

Carina Kervin

Ms C