CARE Home Solicitors

Healys Care home solicitors specialises in giving advice and assistance on a wide range of issues which affect those in the business of delivering care. Whether drafting submissions to challenge enforcement notices or appealing decisions of a regulator to the first tier tribunal, we have the necessary expertise to assist you. We work closely with the National Care Association to offer the best possible advice to care homes owners and operators across the UK.

Our care home solicitors’ in-depth understanding of the care industry is integral to our ability to provide high-quality advice and solutions to related issues. Combining the wealth of experience Healys has to offer across multiple teams including corporate, commercial, employment, property, private wealth and regulatory specialists, and with up-to-date knowledge of industry trends and threats, the team can provide a competitive service that benefits your business and your care providers.

Our services include advice on and assistance with:

• Employment Law and HR advice – including employment contracts, staff handbooks, management training, employment practices, HR support and advice and representation in the event of an Employment Tribunal
• Regulatory matters and dispute resolution – including compliance, applications for registration, CQC inspections and enforcement actions, fee disputes, contractual disputes, audits of documents, catastrophic incidents, investigation of incidents, defensibility tests, representation at Inquests, courts and tribunals, defence of civil claims
• Corporate Finance – including banking covenants, advice on funding and lending, advice on deeds of priority, restructuring and refinance
• Property aspects for care homes – including buying and selling property, the development of new care homes and property leases
• Care fees planning  – including the Adult Social Care system and care fee assessments,
• Immigration – including sponsorship licences, Tier 2 visas, right to work compliance, EEA residence & permanent residence of workers
• Private wealth services for residents – including drafting/amending/updating Wills, drafting and registering Lasting Powers of Attorney, Registering Enduring Powers of Attorney, Drafting applications to the Court of Protection for Deputyship Orders for those who have lost mental capacity