Caroline Bielanska

Solicitor, TEP, Mediator, Independent Consultant, Caroline Bielanska Consultancy

Caroline is well known in her specialist field, providing trouble shooting advice and support services to legal practices in the following 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)
End of life care and planning
Adult safeguarding
Residency and care disputes

She delivers In house training and training for many CPD providers, including Central Law Training International, MBL, The Solicitors Group, Professional Conferences and STEP.

Caroline mediates in Court of Protection and health and social care disputes and is a member of the Court of Protection Mediation Panel.

Caroline is an editor and author to numerous publications including:

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)

She sits on the Law Society’s Mental Health & Disability Committee and the Court of Protection’s Rules Review Committee.

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.

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End of life planning

Practice notes

This Practice Note discusses the options available to an individual who wishes to plan ahead in terms of their future care and treatment. The main options discussed are health and welfare lasting powers of attorney, advance decisions to refuse treatment and advance statements, including the ReSPECT plan. ‘Do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation orders’ (DNACPR orders) are also discussed, as is the role of attorneys and deputies in end of life decision making.

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