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social care
The social care market is experiencing a
period of rapid transformation and change driven by Government
policies to ensure that people can remain as independent as
possible for as long as possible, within the comfort of their own
homes, whilst respecting their ongoing needs for care and
support.
This approach has fundamentally changed the
way social care providers deliver adult and children’s services.
The last few years has seen a rapid increase in commercial activity
as organisations partner, acquire and work with private investors
and banks to provide diverse and specialist services in an
increasingly competitive market place.
Browne Jacobson has been working with
organisations from the education, social care and health sectors
for over 13 years. We understand the needs and challenges faced by
our clients and operate across a number of areas.
Our specialist services include:
- Public and private long-term
care – Providing advice on structuring contracts including
home care contracts, corporate deals, banking and associated
property transactions, employment and tax advice
- Children and vulnerable adult
protection – including policy advice, risk management
training, assistance and information sharing across specialist
disciplines
- Insurance defendant work –
including employers’ liability and public liability claims work,
defending abuse and professional negligence claims, complex and
group litigation, cost management strategies, inquests, risk
management and protection of reputation
- Commercial litigation –
including contractual disputes, debt collection, IT claims,
defamation claims, governance issues and disputes with
residents over lost property
We also provide legal advice on
health & safety and employment issues, the Data Protection
Act and Freedom of Information Act across each area.
Key contacts include:
Chris Webb-Jenkins – Litigation,
child protection, data protection & training
Sarah Erwin-Jones –
Litigation, child protection, risk management &
insurance
Richard Cliff - Employers
liability & public liability
Oliver Pritchard - Corporate
Iain Blatherwick – Corporate
Helen Badger – Employment
Nick Phillips – Property
Andrew Hopkin – Inquests and
health & safety
Paul Ray – Banking
David
Adams - Banking
Mark Blois – Education & child
protection