by johnireland | Legal Spotlight
Councils can treat a gift or property transfer as “deprivation of assets” if they decide it was done deliberately to avoid care fees. There is no fixed time limit: a council must show you knew you would need care at the time, and that avoiding fees was a...
by johnireland | Articles
Every few months, a client sits across the desk from me and asks some version of the same question: “If I give the house to my children now, will the council still count it when I need care?” It is a fair question. Care home fees can run into tens of...
