Heledd Wyn is a Partner specialising in private client services and long-term care, based in Bristol. With extensive experience in future planning, private wealth, and Court of Protection matters, Heledd provides expert guidance on Wills, Powers of Attorney, long-term care, and asset protection for both individuals and business owners. She is also a trusted advisor on inheritance tax planning and trusts.
Heledd is particularly well-regarded for her expertise in long-term and elderly care issues. Her in-depth knowledge of care system funding, especially in navigating local authority assessments and challenging their decisions, makes her invaluable to clients planning for their own or loved ones’ care. She has significant experience with NHS Continuing Healthcare funding and contested applications to the Court of Protection.
In 2021, Heledd was awarded ‘Lawyer of the Year’ by the Bristol Law Society. She has also been shortlisted for two additional accolades: the STEP Trusted Adviser Award and the Today’s Wills & Probate Industry Champion Award. In addition to her professional work, Heledd is a trustee of Gympanzees, a charity dedicated to providing inclusive play, exercise, and social opportunities for children and young people with disabilities. She has also served as a trustee for dementia research charity BRACE and is an accredited member of the Association of Lifetime Lawyers. As a member of STEP, Heledd was part of its Mental Capacity Global Special Interest Group for six years.
Heledd is nationally recognised as an expert in her field and is regularly invited to deliver training and provide commentary in legal forums and the national press.
Examples of specialist work:
- Complex family business succession planning – balancing competing business and personal interests to achieve the outcome that the family were entirely happy with
- Multi-generational tax planning by preparing wills trusts and providing inheritance tax advice
- Working with an Independent Financial Advisor to obtain NHS Continuing Healthcare (NHS CHC), where a spouse was being charged for respite care, on top of several other care bills. From paying in excess of £900 a week, to the NHS paying considerably more (in full) to cover the complete cost of the husband’s care
- Working with a family farming business to obtain a reduction in care fees payable from over £75,000 to £17,000 with the ultimate outcome that the ongoing fees were paid by the local authority
- Complex Court of Protection application working with an independent Deputy to ensure that the wishes and feelings of the individual were heard regarding where and how they should live their life wholly independently balancing competing views and interests of a number of parties
- Instructed in a contentious Court of Protection application that spanned two separate legal jurisdictions and how care should be paid for and in which jurisdiction that care should be provided
- Cross jurisdictional Court of Protection application to enable the sale of a property in France where the owner had lost capacity
- Contested Court of Protection Applications where declarations as to best interests were required
“Heledd Wyn is very knowledgeable, approachable and eminently pragmatic in her approach.”
“Heledd Wyn is a go-to person for all things care costs and planning.”
“Heledd Wyn just gets things done. In an every-friendly and unruffled way. Nothing goes unchallenged, nothing is forgotten but always calmly, efficiently, and effectively.”