Capacity law in the garden county
North Wicklow — Bray, Greystones, Kilcoole — is effectively coastal Dublin, with the capital's patterns: valuable family homes, adult children nearby but time-poor, and institutions (banks, hospitals — often St Vincent's or Loughlinstown across the county line) whose capacity processes we know well. South and west, the county changes character: Arklow and Wicklow town's own communities, and the mountain townlands where a farm or smallholding is the estate, distances are real, and a property-and-capacity question can involve land held in a family for generations. Wicklow's retirement draw adds another thread: couples who moved for the coast or the hills, whose nearest family — and eventual DMR applicant — may be in Dublin, or Dubai.
Wicklow Circuit Court business sits at Bray and Wicklow town. From our Dublin office the N11/M11 puts the whole coast within reach for hearings and home or nursing home visits; west Wicklow families often find Naas or Dublin logistics simpler, and we work with whichever suits.
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 →