EMF Consultants

Emma and her team provide Independent Mental Capacity Assessments, Information, Support Planning, Advocacy & Independent Visiting Service.

Emma is supported by a team with a wide range of personal and professional experiences
Emma is supported by a team of assistants who have personal and profession experience. Their expertise include welfare rights, financial assessments and social care funding, court of protection, power of attorney and person centred support planning, personal budgets and Direct Payments.
Emma is a member of the Association of Independent Visitors (AIV).
She undertakes work for solicitors and private individuals, primarily assessing a person’s Mental Capacity to make a decision or execute a document or as an independent visitor to check on a person’s wellbeing.
See Emma's profile on the AIVUK website
Emma is a Practicing Solicitor
Emma qualified as a Solicitor in 2006 and now provides consultancy services to the law firm Fairweather Law Limited in Suffolk as a Professional Attorney and Deputy for a number of clients. She is also Abe to provide formal legal advice through Fairweather Law Limited.
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Emma works for the Office of the Public Guardian and Court of Protection.
Emma is an Independent General Visitor. This is a public appointment she has held since 2010. The OPG or Court of Protection commission Emma directly to undertake visits to Deputies and Attorneys and completes Mental Capacity Assessments on their behalf.
Independent Advocacy
As an Advocate, Emma has worked with vulnerable clients and their families since 2010 , primarily as an advocate for a regional charity. She is a qualified Advocate and IMCA. Other members of the team also have advocacy qualifications including DOLS and RPR, IMCA and Non-Instructed Advocacy.

What
We
Do

Emma works in association with AIV to provide Independent Mental Capacity Assessments and Visiting Services to professionals and private clients.

Learn more at:  aivuk.org.uk

Independent Mental Capacity Assessments​

A range of capacity assessments for solicitors and private individuals including:

Testamentary Capacity Assessments

(for executing a Will)

Power of Attorney

Capacity to make a Lasting Power of Attorney

Financial Capacity

Capacity to manage finances, to buy/sell property, to make substantial gift or execute a trust.

Capacity to Litigate

Including PI, Medial negligence, divorce and other civil matters

Wellbeing Checks

Wellbeing checks on a person's care and support arrangements as an Independent Visitor

For More Information

Visit the AIVUK website or contact Emma here.

This is not legal advice. Emma can only provide information support and guidance. If you need legal advice Emma can act for you through Fairweather Law (See Below) 

Supporting Families

Emma and her team can assist families with:

Deputyship

Applying for deputyship through the Court of Protection

Powers of Attorney

Creating Lasting Powers of Attorney for Property and Finance and Health and Welfare

Social care

Navigating the social care system

Planning for the future care and support needs

Discussing and designing support options for a persons future

Person centred planning

Using person centred tools we can help you design a bespoke support plan

Personal budgets

Information support and guidence around personal budgets. Including Direct Payments, Individual Service Funds and Personal Health Budgets

Legal Advice

If your case requires specialised legal advice, Emma provides this through her role at Fairweather Law Limited

Legal Services with Fairweather Law Ltd.

Emma acts as a consultant solicitor at Fairweather Law Ltd, specializing in:

Attorney & Deputy

Acting as a Professional Attorney and Deputy for clients with various support needs, including learning disabilities and older adults.

Legal Advice

Emma and her team can provide bespoke advice to vulnerable clients and their families on a wide range of issues

Powers of Attorney

Creating Lasting Powers of Attorney for Property and Finance and Health and Welfare

Advice on Accessing Social care

Navigating the social care system, financial assessments and contributions.

Planning for the future

Life time and estate panning for vulnerable clients and their families.

Get in Touch

For all new enquiries, email us at info@emfconsultants.co.uk or use the form to contact us directly.

Opening Times

Monday - Friday
9am - 5pm

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