Kelly specialises in matters relating to the Court of Protection in relation to an individual’s property and financial affairs. She also advises in relation to personal injury trusts.
Kelly acts as a professional deputy and professional trustee in a number of matters.
She acts as a liaison between individuals and their Professional Deputies as well as others within her client’s network of support. Kelly also works with lay deputies and advises them around their roles and responsibilities.
Kelly regularly makes applications to the Court for orders relating to her clients’ property and affairs including Statutory Will applications. Kelly has also made applications under ACC and others and applications relating to extending the deputy’s authority including the purchase of property in a foreign jurisdiction.
Kelly has experience in relation to many areas relating to the management of an individual’s property and affairs including:
- Deputies and Trustees duties
- Application to The Court of Protection
- Statutory care funding
- Benefits
- Property purchase and Adaptations
- OPG reports
- Employing care teams
- Management of limited budgets
- Working with financial advisor
- Working with specialist case managers
- Safeguarding
- Family care payments and household contributions
Kelly’s background is in Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Litigation as well as Deputyship and mental capacity. This provides her with a solid foundation when working with clients who have ongoing litigation and managing interim payments.
Career and education history
- University of West of England, Bristol, LLB Law: 2006
- University of West of England, Bristol , Legal Practice Course, 2007
- Paralegal Lyons Davidson, Bristol in road traffic and clinical negligence 2007 to 2009
- Trained at Hughes Paddison, Cheltenham in 2009-2011
- Qualified at Hughes Paddison, Cheltenham in 2011
- Clinical Negligence Solicitor at Lyons Davidson 2011 to 2012
- Court of Protection Solicitor at Hyphen Law from 2012 onwards and promoted to Associate, Senior Associate and Associate Legal Director and then Director from 2022
- Partner at Hugh James: 2024