Capacity law at Leinster's edge
Longford's capacity work has the profile of deep-rural Leinster: an older age structure than the province's average, family farms from Granard to Lanesborough where the home place is the estate and a capacity event stalls everything — sales, leases, entitlements — until lawful authority exists; Longford town's own families, whose questions run through the regional services in Mullingar as often as anything local; and emigration's long shadow, which leaves many Longford parents with their likeliest DMR applicant in Dublin, London or further — applications we routinely run with the family abroad, by phone and post, with home visits at the Longford end. The county's strong credit union and community fabric means decline gets noticed kindly and early; the law's job is to be as usable as the neighbours.
Longford capacity applications are heard at the Circuit Court sitting at Longford town. From our Dublin office the N4 covers the county for hearings and visits; the paperwork, as everywhere, travels by post and email.
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 →