solicitors for the elderly ireland

Solicitors for the Elderly Ireland was launched on Thursday 23 June 2011 at HSE headquarters Dublin 8

See Irish Times report of launch at http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0624/1224299526187.html

Solicitors for the Elderly Ireland is an independent national association of solicitors and barristers concerned with improving the availability and delivery of specialist legal advice to older and vulnerable people, their families and carers.

It is part of Solicitors for the Elderly founded in the UK in 1999.

Solicitors for the Elderly Ireland strives to build on its member’s expertise through training, setting good practice standards and through its information network.

All its members agree to follow its code of conduct.

Solicitors for the Elderly Ireland aims to create a positive public awareness of the legal issues specific to older or vulnerable people and of their fundamental right to that specialist legal knowledge

Further infomation, membership critera and application for membership can be accessed at http://www.solicitorsfortheelderly.ie/

I encourage colleagues with an interest in this area of client care to consider membership of and training with this new asssociation

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