Our very own Tom Hall is a keynote speaker at today’s brain injury seminar, hosted by Brake , the road safety charity and sponsored by Hyphen Law for the second year running. The conference entitled: ‘Providing effective support following...
A severely disabled man who needs 24-hour care has lost his landmark High Court legal challenge after Oxfordshire County Council significantly reduced his care package. Luke Davey who is a quadriplegic with cerebral palsy and is also registered blind,...
Making a Will for someone who has lost capacity to make their own The idea of signing a Will on behalf of someone else just doesn’t quite seem right. A Will is such a deeply personal document and provides one last opportunity to leave your...
The annual Headway Awards luncheon at the Dorchester Hotel in London took place on the 16 th of December to recognise the outstanding achievements and contributions individuals have made to the brain injury charity on a local and national level. The...
This week saw the opening of an exciting new art exhibition organised by the brain injury charity Headway East London featuring the work of 30 brain injury survivors. Running from 30 November until 23 February 2017 at the Stratford Circus Arts Centre...
Focus on: Thailand Thailand is one of Southeast Asia’s most popular holiday destinations, attracting many British visitors who visit for sunshine, culture and culinary adventure. It is also a place which many British expats call home. In the time...
This Friday (7 th October) we are excited to be supporting the inspirational CCMS Breaking More Boundaries Conference at Newbury Race Course. CCMS (Community Case Management Services) is a leading provider of case management rehabilitation services...
If you are a Deputy, you may have noticed that the report forms from the Office for the Public Guardian (OPG) are now different. And you may be wondering why these changes have been made. The OPG has a duty of care towards you as the Deputy and your client....
It’s now been about nine years since the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) came into force. Fundamentally, the MCA provided the legislative framework to ensure that individuals who lack capacity to make decisions are treated with the same autonomy and...
On 25 April 2015, a powerful earthquake of 7.8 magnitude struck Nepal. More than 8,000 people lost their lives, and many historic and irreplaceable buildings and monuments throughout the country were destroyed. The significant scale of this event brought...
