Zena Bolwig

Zena specialises in health and welfare mental capacity and best interests law, particularly cases in the Court of Protection, and in broader community care law. She advises and advocates on behalf of clients in complex cases, which frequently involve novel issues including cross-border disputes, serious medical treatment, complex deprivation of liberty disputes, and capacity to consent to sexual relations, to marry and to have contact. She also acts in contentious property and affairs cases including disputes involving lasting powers of attorney and the appointment of deputies. The large majority of Zena’s cases have resulted in vulnerable clients returning to their homes, or to less restrictive care settings, or in regaining contact with loved ones, in line with their or their families’ wishes. · Keystone Law

EnglandMental Capacity & Court of Protection, Health & Welfare

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Zena specialises in health and welfare, mental capacity and best interests law, particularly Court of Protection work and wider community care matters. She advises and advocates for clients in complex cases—including cross-border disputes, serious medical treatment, deprivation of liberty matters, and capacity issues relating to sexual relations, marriage and contact—and also acts in contentious property and affairs cases such as disputes involving lasting powers of attorney and the appointment of deputies.

Practice areas

Mental Capacity & Court of ProtectionHealth & WelfareCommunity CarePrivate ClientContentious Property & Affairs

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England

Keystone Law · Zena specialises in health and welfare mental capacity and best interests law, particularly cases in the Court of Protection, and in broader community care law. She advises and advocates on behalf of clients in complex cases, which frequently involve novel issues including cross-border disputes, serious medical treatment, complex deprivation of liberty disputes, and capacity to consent to sexual relations, to marry and to have contact. She also acts in contentious property and affairs cases including disputes involving lasting powers of attorney and the appointment of deputies. The large majority of Zena’s cases have resulted in vulnerable clients returning to their homes, or to less restrictive care settings, or in regaining contact with loved ones, in line with their or their families’ wishes.

England

Expertise

Court of Protection litigationDeprivation of liberty disputesSerious medical treatment casesCross-border capacity disputesCapacity to consent (sexual relations / marriage / contact)Disputes involving lasting powers of attorney and deputy appointmentsReturning vulnerable clients to less restrictive settings or regaining contact

Admissions

Called to the Bar (2007)
Qualified as a Solicitor (2012)
Accredited Legal Representative (ALR) under the Law Society Mental Capacity (Welfare) Accreditation scheme