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Local Authority Disputes in England covers conflicts with local authorities over social care, safeguarding, care funding and related decisions about services for adults or children. A solicitor working in this area handles complaints, applies for assessments, reviews eligibility for support, challenges charging, and represents clients in welfare and social care proceedings. They may draft and respond to statutory notices, prepare evidence for safeguarding and mental capacity issues, and engage with councils, commissioners and tribunals to secure appropriate arrangements.

What a solicitor handles in these matters

The solicitor handles complex care allocations, eligibility criteria under the Care Act 2014, safeguarding concerns, personal budgets, and disputes about funding or placement. They draft and submit care plans, respond to reviews, gather medical and social care records, liaise with local authorities and the NHS, and prepare for hearings in social services departments or tribunals, ensuring positions are clearly argued and properly evidenced.

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Qaisar Sheikh

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Highly recommend Qaisar Sheikh and all who have helped my 19 year old SEN daughter. Over the three years that it took from the LA's initial potential removal of EHCP at the end of 16 plus education to the successful tribunal to include further education at a specialist residential college, we have been supported and updated every step of the way. My daughter's original EHCP was full of outdated information and had only a quarter of what it has in it now. Qaisar helped with engaging the specialist advice to ensure a fully updated EHCP that is now a true representation of her actual needs and suitable provision. Qaisar Sheikh was not only extremely professional and knowledgeable on all levels but has is a very compassionate person. It is easy to see that the his work means a lot to him and how vested he is in achieving a great outcome for all children.

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