As we continue the run up to the SWW Conference 2025 on the 6th and 7th October; we are excited to introduce Caroline Bielanska.
Caroline Bielanska TEP, Solicitor, author & legal trainer Caroline is the former Chief Executive and former Chair of Solicitors for the Elderly (now called the Association of Lifetime Lawyers), an organisation she helped to found in 1999. She delivers legal training for many CPD providers, including Central Law Training International, MBL, The Solicitors Group, Professional Conferences and STEP, and is well known in her specialist field, advising older and vulnerable adults who have limited physical and/or mental capacity. She is the author and contributor to the leading legal books in this area.
Caroline won the Trusted Advisor of the Year 2017 and the Vulnerable Client Practice Award 2017 in STEP’s Private Client Awards. She was a finalist in 2018, 2019, 2020 & 2021 in the Vulnerable Client Practice Award category. In 2019, Caroline was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by Solicitors for the Elderly and made an honorary member of the Professional Deputies Forum. In 2023, Caroline was presented with an Outstanding Achievement of the Year Award at the Private Client Modern Law Awards for her policy work in influencing lasting powers of attorney law.
Specialist Legal Areas:
- Powers of attorney, deputyship, capacity, the Mental Capacity Act 2005, and Court of Protection practice
- Health and social care law in respect of adults (assessments, eligibility and state funding, including NHS Continuing Health Care)
- Asset Protection Trusts
- Care contracts
- Advance decisions to refuse life sustaining medical treatment
- Adult safeguarding
- Residency and care disputes
Publications:
- The Practitioners Guide to Court of Protection Practice (Bloomsbury)
- Cretney & Lush on Lasting and Enduring Powers of Attorney (Lexis Nexis)
- The Elderly Client Handbook (The Law Society)
- Elderly Clients- A Precedent Manual (Jordans)
- Elderly People and the Law (Jordans)
- The Health and Social Care Handbook (the Law Society)
- Contributor to Heywood and Massey’s Court of Protection Practice
- Formerly on the Editorial Board and contributor to The Elder Law Journal (Jordans)
- Author of ‘A Safeguarding Strategy for Recognising, Preventing and Dealing with the Abuse of Older and Vulnerable People’ (Solicitors for the Elderly)
- Technical Editor of Coldrick on Personal Injury Trusts (ARK Publishing) (1st edition)
- Former contributor to the Older Client Law Service (Tottel), and Finance and Law for the Older Client (Lexis Nexis)
Committees:
- Law Society’s Mental Health & Disability Committee
- Court of Protection’s Rules Review Committee
- Stakeholder to the Office of the Public Guardian
- Panel expert convened by the Law Commission to input into drafting the consultations on the reform of adult social care
Don’t miss the chance to hear from Caroline Bielanska, a must-attend session for anyone in the estate planning industry. To make sure you don’t miss Caroline’s talk and any of the other topics being covered at this year’s SWW Conference, book your place here. A 2-day ticket costs just £300 for SWW Members, with single-day ticket options available too.
For any enquiries, please contact Diane Mandeville: 01522 687 888 / [email protected] – be sure to check our dedicated conference page regularly for updates too!
