What is SFE?

Solicitors for the Elderly (SFE) is an independent, national organisation of lawyers, such as solicitors, barristers, and legal executives who are committed to providing the highest quality of legal advice for older and vulnerable people, their families and carers.

The main areas of law members cover are:

• Estate and tax planning using wills, trusts and lifetime
• Giving Powers of attorney and Court of Protection work
• Probate and the administration of estates
• Trusts administration
• Living Wills
• Information on home care
• Preserving assets in the event of long term residential or nursing care
• Care home contracts
• Advice on financial responsibility and funding criteria for long term care
• State benefits
• Home equity release plans
• Mental Health legislation
• Elder abuse

How to use this site

This site will enable you to search for a solicitors in your area. You can search using a number of criteria and  then you will be able to look at the profile of each solicitor to see if they specialise in the particular area of law you are interested in. Please use the search button "Find a Lawyer" on the right hand side of this page.