Capacity law along the Barrow
Carlow's scale is its character: a county where the solicitor, the GP and the family usually share acquaintances, and where capacity questions surface early through community rather than crisis — the neighbour who notices, the credit union teller who quietly asks. The work itself follows the county's economy: town families in Carlow and Tullow with the usual urban questions (accounts, Fair Deal, the family home), and the farming townlands from Hacketstown to Borris where land, entitlements and the home place make every capacity question an estate question too (farm succession sits with our colleagues at farmsolicitor.ie). Proximity to Kilkenny means families here get office meetings, home visits and court preparation without Dublin logistics.
Carlow capacity applications are heard at the Circuit Court sitting at Carlow town — twenty-five minutes from our Rose Inn Street office. St Luke's in Kilkenny serves much of the county's hospital care, which keeps bedside instructions simple too.
Capacity law services
- Capacity applications in the Circuit Court
- Applying to be a decision-making representative
- Selling property where an owner lacks capacity
- Fair Deal and capacity
- Co-decision-making agreements and assistance agreements
- Which arrangement do we need? and the Pathway Finder
Getting to us — or us to you
Our Dublin office is in the Ormond Building, 31–36 Ormond Quay Upper, Dublin 7 (D07 EE37), minutes from the Four Courts; our south-east office is at 2 Rose Inn Street, Kilkenny (R95 W58D). One number reaches both: 01 5827148, or email richardoshea@marymolloysolicitors.com. Most capacity work travels by phone, post and email; where a matter needs it — particularly taking instructions where capacity is in question — home, hospital and nursing home visits can be arranged, along with out of hours appointments.
How our fees work
You get a fixed quote in writing before any work starts — no hourly-rate surprises. If the scope changes, the quote is revised in writing before we continue. In contentious business, a solicitor may not calculate fees or other charges as a percentage or proportion of any award or settlement. How costs work in capacity matters →