On the record, I will say that I and others in the family are trying (and failing) to break through the mindset of Dyfed Powys Police and the Office of the Public Guardian that ‘solicitors do not lie, solicitors do not overcharge, now go away’. They are unwilling to give credibility to evidence of lies and overcharging. We have begun court action against the solicitor. If we win, we will name and shame the police sgt, the solicitor and several employees at OPG.
In the meantime I endeavour to establish how many self funding residents of care homes in Wales have had all their finances handed over to solicitors in England with minimal consultation. In my relative’s case, a Deprivation of Liberty order is in place, so she has to stay in the council run care home – zero consultation with family – and social worker implemented Court of Protection order so that the solicitor in England was appointed. Family informed of court order three months after its implementation. All attempts to have a copy of documents eg assessment which led up to Deprivation of Liberty order denied. We have no idea how to challenge the order. The relative is paying in excess of £600 a week, is not allowed to leave the home, and is having her finances run down by a solicitor to whom she has no connection and the family are comprehensively shut out because we have no idea how to challenge decisions. My relative was advised years ago to draw up Power of Attorney but did not do so. So the council and solicitor can make decisions for her and are very adept at shutting out next of kin. They know the rules by which they operate and make decisions and shut us out because we lack such knowledge, hence the court action.

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No hinges at all, just hanging loose and flapping which ever way the wind blows. Absolutely useless, no good for keeping stuff in or keeping it out.

Brychan, Sir Idwal Pugh, a former Parliamentary Commissioner, graduated from Oxford in Classics( Mods and Greats ?) but went on to carve out an exemplary career with several notable findings against various arms of government. His core skill was an ability to organise and to identify competence, or lack thereof. Shame really that our current drip down the Bay doesn’t emulate any of Sir Idwal’s abilities.

Llinos Price has ‘form’. When it comes to Neil McEvoy she is positively irrational, if not unhinged.

Just to clarify.

There is an accusation on social media by Llinos Price that the police were called to Cardiff City Hall after a council panel ruled politician Neil McEvoy had bullied a care home worker. The suggestion is that Neil McEvoy was wanted by the police. THIS IS NOT TRUE. Police were called by the clerk who reported “angry scenes” due to the demonstration of the public outside the council meeting at the way their elected representative had been treated. There were concerns that a situation might escalate to pubic disorder, and this was the reason why police officers attended. At no point during this incident was Neil McEvoy regarded as a suspect.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jan/14/prosecute-officers-says-greater-manchester-abuse-whistleblower

By the tone of a current A.C.C they continue to duck and dive while acting like they are concerned. No different to public services here in Wales.

Nick Bennett has no specific qualification for the role he was appointed to. He is qualified at lower degree in economics and has a masters in politics. If he had a legal qualification or background I’m sure he’d be more adept. Ho doesn’t have any prior experience in a junior role of this sort to skill up by experience, either. He was of course a ‘Special Advisor’ (SPAD) to the Welsh Government in 2000, and then worked in “communications’ before spending 8 years in ‘community housing’. Essentially, he’s a slime on the greasy pole, and is on record has having a ‘shoe-in’ for the job as ombudsman by a former AM, by political favour.