Jamie Murray
Jamie Murray
2023-01-28
Quality fast and reliable service with a cracking bunch of lads definitely recommended
Bill Mitchell
Bill Mitchell
2021-09-14
Contracted this company to clear the flat of my deceased mother. Two young guys cleared EVERYTHING out of the rented property, including furniture, carpets, ornaments, white goods and food/household products, politely, efficiently, and respectfully. Excellent service.
Charles winter
Charles winter
2021-05-21
The guys from Northern House Clearance have just cleared a house for me in Scotland. The house was packed not only with a lifetimes worth of memories, but all the clutter that goes with it. Within 2 days it was emptied down to the floorboards. A great job from a good team of lads. Highly recommended.
Graeme hatton
Graeme hatton
2021-02-24
An excellent 5 star service. Firstly the compassion shown due to the circumstances which resulted in having to use their services, not just on the phone but by the team who arrived, on time, to perform the job. Above all a friendly attitude goes a long way in stressful times. Professional from the start to the end of the day and due to the amount of clutter a second day was needed. I could not believe how much was cleared in just one day, it was as if the clutter had it's own clutter to clear. Hope that I never need to use them again, but if I have to clear another property they will be the only people that I call. Highly recommend them. G.Hatton. Cheshire.
Lorna Hamilton
Lorna Hamilton
2021-02-05
Fantastic service. Highly recommend. The team was so helpful.
Richard Foster
Richard Foster
2020-11-26
The guys from Northern house clearing cleared my deceased brothers house which was in a state. They were very discrete and great guys very understanding at such a sad time. Great job guys thank you.
Xiu Yun Chen
Xiu Yun Chen
2020-11-25
This is a good company would highly recommend these guys. Very efficent and helpful.
Laura
Laura
2020-11-05
Highly recommended. From my initial enquiry I found them to be efficient and professional and was given an immediate quote. On the day the guys arrived promptly and were friendly, helpful and thorough. I would not hesitate to use this company again and I would recommend to others. I felt in good hands and I, m very happy with the service I received.
Ruth Lawrence
Ruth Lawrence
2020-08-22
The team arrived bang on time and began work immediately. They continued for five solid days and completed the entire clearance of my late uncles house, which was a case of extreme hoarding over many decades. They even removed carpets, curtains and swept up so the house was ready for sale. They were exeptionally hard working, polite and charged a reasonable price for this incredibly difficult job. Terrific service, absolutely recommended.
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Probate Valuation Of Chattels: Being able to make decisions – mental capacity

Many of the arrangements described in this article may only be used where someone no longer has the mental capacity to make decisions for themselves.

When does this happen?

Older people have the same rights as any other adult. In order to exercise their rights a person must have the ability to make and communicate decisions. The law presumes that every adult has the capacity or ‘is competent’ to make their own decisions. This is the case even where someone is physically frail or has difficulty in communicating.

Mental incapacity

A lack of mental capacity may arise because someone is either unable to make a decision because of his or her mental state, because they cannot communicate that decision, or a combination of the two. It is important to
bear in mind:

• that a person’s capacity may vary depending on the nature of the decision;
• that a person’s capacity can fluctuate from day to day;
• where someone may have difficulty in communicating a decision, an attempt should always be made to overcome those difficulties before concluding that the person does not have capacity.

Under the current law different tests of capacity apply depending on which decision is being taken. The Law Commission has recommended that the test of capacity should be determined by the person’s understanding, rather than because of status or by considering whether the decision was right or wrong.

The question is ‘Does the person understand the nature and likely consequence of the decision, and can he communicate this’?

Agency – social security benefits

This method is for people who have mental capacity and who want someone else to collect their benefit for them, perhaps because they are unable to get out themselves.

A person who receives a benefit or a pension may nominate someone – called an ‘agent’ – to collect the money for them, but not to spend it. Where this is a temporary arrangement, each week the person entitled to the benefit completes the declaration on the reverse of the pension order to enable someone to collect the money for them. The nomination of an agent is an informal arrangement between claimant and agent.

Where an agent is required for a long time an agency card may be obtained from the social security office stating that the named person is authorised to collect the money.

How somebody with an illness or disability can get help to collect or deal with social security benefits. NOTE: For details of your local office check in the telephone book under Jobcentre Plus, social security office or Benefits Agency, or ask at your local
library or advice centre.

A person who is unable to understand that they are giving the power cannot make a valid appointment of an agent, so this method cannot be used to collect a benefit or state pension once the claimant becomes too confused to manage their affairs.

Residents in local authority care homes can nominate the local authority to act as a ‘signing agent’ whereby the local authority takes on the responsibility of cashing benefit orders on behalf of the residents. For further information consult with the Home Manager or ask to see a social worker.

Appointee – This method should be used only if the person is mentally incapacitated. It should never be used solely because the person is physically incapacitated. If someone who is entitled to a social security benefit or allowance is unable to act for themselves, for example because of dementia or because of a temporary mental incapacity following an illness or accident, a representative of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (formerly Social Security) – usually the decision makers at the social security office – may, on receiving an application, appoint someone else to exercise the claimant’s right to make claims for and to receive benefits, and to spend them on behalf of the claimant.

It is accepted policy that a close relative who lives with or frequently visits the claimant is the most suitable person to act. If the claimant wishes to continue to collect their own benefits, and providing that they are able to understand the implications of claiming and receiving social security benefits, then the social security office should not give approval for an appointee, or for bulk payments, to an organisation which acts as an appointee for a large number of people.

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