Vulnerable Client: Financial Abuse

With offices across Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire, including Lincoln, Grimsby and Hull, our professional and caring solicitors can help.

Vulnerable Client: Financial Abuse Solicitors

Our experienced solicitors at Bridge McFarland LLP are specialists in elderly and vulnerable client matters, including recognising and preventing fraud, exploitation, and financial abuse.

Financial abuse can take various forms, including stealing money, transferring property, or deliberately defrauding someone into gifting assets.

Older people and those who lack capacity are more vulnerable to financial abuse and may be slower to spot any red flags.

At Bridge McFarland LLP, we have extensive experience identifying the signs of financial abuse and providing legal protection for vulnerable individuals to prevent them from being exploited financially.

For more information about the financial abuse of vulnerable clients or to speak to one of our solicitors in Grimsby, Brigg, Anlaby, Market Rasen, Scarborough, Hull, Louth, or Lincoln call Bridge McFarland LLP on 0800 987 8800 or email wills@bmcf.co.uk.

Solicitor for Financial Abuse East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire

It can be difficult to believe that a loved one is the victim of financial abuse, but seeking the advice of a solicitor with experience in the exploitation of older people at an early stage can greatly assist in protecting vulnerable individuals.

Spotting the signs of financial abuse and seeking professional legal advice about vulnerable client care can help stop any suspected abuse early on.

Some signs of financial abuse can include:

Unexplained withdrawals of money from a bank account.
Missing valuables.
Sudden changes to legal documents.
Inclusion of additional names on bank accounts.
Unexplained transfers of property or assets.
Sudden interest of previously uninvolved relatives.
Unpaid bills.
Lack of food or clothing.
Isolation of an individual from their family and friends.

Highlighting financial abuse of vulnerable individuals is often made more difficult by the suspected perpetrators, often being family members known to the individual.

Sometimes, if someone cannot manage their own affairs, a friend or family member will be helping them informally, or they will have a Court-appointed deputy or attorney assisting them.

If you are concerned that a friend or a loved one is a victim of financial abuse, whether by a relative or a deputy appointed by the Court of Protection, speak to Bridge McFarland.

For legal advice from our experienced financial abuse solicitors, call 0800 987 8800 or fill in our contact form.

Legal Advice for Financial Abuse

Our lawyers at Bridge McFarland LLP can help establish safeguards to prevent the financial exploitation of vulnerable clients.

We also have extensive experience understanding the symptoms of fraud and exploitation and can advise on the relevant steps to take if you suspect financial abuse of an elderly or vulnerable person.

Our professional solicitors treat every case with the strictest of confidence. Bridge McFarland LLP’s vulnerable client financial abuse legal services include advising on:

Strategies and measures to safeguard vulnerable clients from financial abuse.
Legal regulations to prevent financial exploitation.
Reporting financial abuse.
Objecting to applications to the Court of Protection for unsuitable deputies.
Investigating rogue deputies and attorneys.
Removal of Court of Protection-appointed deputies and attorneys.
Making police complaints.
Recovering assets.

To speak to one of our solicitors who specialises in the financial abuse of vulnerable clients in Lincoln, Scarborough, Brigg, Anlaby, Louth, Hull, Market Rasen and Grimsby, call 0800 987 8800.