About

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Our Court of Protection Property & Affairs team act in a large number of high-net-worth Professional Deputyship cases with many clients who have sustained complex catastrophic injuries and have received a large compensation award. The team deal with a large number of deputyships in these cases and often act for minors.

The team are regularly instructed by the UK’s leading Personal Injury firms who require Court of Protection expertise and receive client referrals across the UK from lawyers and Barristers dealing with the most complex, often catastrophic brain injury claims.

We have been referred to as ‘one of the finest Court of Protection firms in the country’ previously in Legal 500 and are regularly instructed on the most complex and serious injury deputyships across the UK.

Absolutely key to our growth has been our people. Our Court of Protection team work tirelessly to empower their clients however possible and often make a big difference to their lives.

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Court of Protection: Property & Affairs - UK-wide

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What the Team is Known For

EMG Solicitors is an experienced private client firm based in the North East that routinely advises on property and affairs matters in the Court of Protection. The team is well known for mental capacity work, with particular expertise in personal injury cases where a client has lost capacity through acquired brain injury.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Emma Gaudern
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Emma Gaudern
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Emma Gaudern is an experienced property and affairs practitioner with notable strength in trusts, wills and probate matters. She often acts on behalf of incapacitated individuals in the role of a professional deputy and as trustee.

Emma is both a leader and an innovator with excellent interpersonal skills.

Emma is an intelligent and very bright individual, working very closely with her clients to provide the best outcomes.

Emma is very decisive and extremely fast at getting things done.

Jemma Morland
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Jemma Morland
Head of Court of Protection: Property & Affairs
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Jemma Morland is an experienced Court of Protection practitioner and deputy. She is adept at managing financial arrangements for clients with acquired brain injuries, including those displaying challenging behaviour.

Jemma is a very down to earth character and builds fantastic relationships with clients and family members.

Jemma's kind and caring nature is evident in all interactions: she is the deputy I would want for myself.

She is a fantastic example of how a lawyer should be in Court of Protection work.

Rebecca Sparrow
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Rebecca Sparrow
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Rebecca Sparrow is an experienced deputy who assists vulnerable individuals and their families with the management of their financial affairs and property needs. She focuses largely on those who have lost capacity through injury or medical negligence.

She connects with people on a personal level and she creates a very safe environment.

She is an excellent solicitor in this field - always on top of the facts, the circumstances and the law.

She has a very fine legal approach, which is necessary in complex areas, but does it with great humanity.

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Court of Protection: Property & Affairs

Emma Gaudern
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Emma Gaudern
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Jemma Morland
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Jemma Morland
Head of Court of Protection: Property & Affairs
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Rebecca Sparrow
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Rebecca Sparrow
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Members

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Andrea Ingledew

Caitlin Rafferty

Claire Assadi

Deborah Jude

Georgia Duce

Greg Phillips

Holly Hirst

Ian Brown

Iness Ben

Jemma Morland

Jemma Morland

Head of Department

Katie Tunstall

Laura Lunn

Lucy Girdlestone

Michael Costelloe

Michelle Wright

Nahdia Bloundele

Naomi Fathers

Peter Slaney

Rachael Stabler

Rachel Snowdon

Rose White

Ruth Wright

Samantha Hind

Simone Kent

Tim Bennett

Vickie McCoy

Industries

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Expert Witness Services

Professional Deputyship Services