Legal insight for professionals working with the elderly and vulnerable
Published: 12:12PM BST 28 Feb 2011
People working with the elderly and vulnerable are to be given a legal insight at a Birmingham conference.
Professionals from across the Midlands are expected to attend The Law, the Elderly and the Vulnerable, run by Access Legal from Shoosmiths, at its office in Colmore Row.
Estates and trust practitioner Susan Sorrie, who will chair the 10 March event, said: "The way lawyers and law firms are viewed by those working with the elderly and vulnerable isn't always positive.
"We wanted to change perceptions and show professionals in this field that there are specialist lawyers out there who want to help stop some of the appalling treatment - whether physical, mental or financial - suffered by vulnerable older people."
The conference takes place just weeks after the Health Service Ombudsman published a damning report which found that elderly NHS patients had suffered unnecessary pain, neglect and distress. To view Access Legal's coverage of this report, see our page: Access Legal from Shoosmiths welcomes damning report into care for the elderly.
Access Legal from Shoosmiths speakers will be wills, family and wealth experts Trevor George and Suzanne Evans; national head of clinical negligence Richard Follis; and associate Sara Hunt, who will talk about the involvement of the Court of Protection in personal injury cases where the claimant has lost capacity.
Guest speaker is John Payne, of the Extra Care Charitable Trust, which operates 29 supported housing schemes and retirement villages in the Midlands and the North.
Susan Sorrie added: "This is a follow-up to an inaugural conference we held at our Manchester office. The feedback from that was very positive, with delegates saying they found it extremely useful."
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