Capacity law in the midlands' fast lane
Portlaoise, Portarlington and Graiguecullen have absorbed a generation of Dublin-priced families, and the county's capacity work is starting to show it: younger households sandwiched between children and a declining parent — sometimes in Laois, sometimes left behind in Dublin — needing arrangements that work across distance. The older Laois endures alongside: Mountmellick, Abbeyleix, Rathdowney and the farm townlands where the questions are the land's — authority over the home place, Fair Deal where the farm is the asset (succession itself with farmsolicitor.ie), and the credit union and mart relationships that notice decline before any institution does.
Laois capacity applications are heard at the Circuit Court sitting at Portlaoise. The county sits between our offices — the M7 from Dublin, the N77 from Kilkenny — so hearings, home visits and nursing home instructions are covered from whichever side is nearer.
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 →