Legal Advice re inheritance and housing

Oh what a relief to find I am not the only one who just doesn't understand the ban on Templar's help.

 To be honest my daughter and I discussed this and pretty well gave up last night.  I've long ago been through all of the options such as trusts and decided against them as they are so complicated and the hassles it would give her are far too much.  I don't need help from ombudsmen or leasehold advisors,  I know the questions I need to ask. 

I tried many local lawyers,  one of whom appeared less than sympathetic to the plight of a disabled young woman facing life alone,  and another who did warn me about a particular pitfall but left it to me to find out how to resolve it. From anecdotal experience I know that lawyers who are particularly interested in disability matters are rare and precious, which is why I thought it was worth asking in this forum.  
As Newborn points out, there must be other people in a similar position who would welcome advice.  There are plenty of places to get mutual moral support, but good, solid,  sensible practical advice seems as far away as ever.  
You know what my daughter says, every time we read about appalling treatment of disabled and otherwise marginalised people,  and she is extremely engaged with everything that's going on in the world,  ME does not affect the intellect,  she says 'They just want us all to go away and die, Mum, not make any fuss, not shout about inequality, not ask for the pittance of benefits which they think we can live on...'. And that is not the voice of a depressed person, its the voice of an angry young woman,  who disappeared when she was 12.

I doubt I will ask any more questions on here,  I shall just have to continue my search elsewhere for someone to answer.  

Oh no, I haven't come across that one,  I'll check it out, thank you :-)

Oh you're so right.  I just don't understand why when you think you've come across a chance the door is slammed in your face. 

My daughter just said to me,  you think when you enter the adult world that you'll find other fully fledged adults who are paid to do a job will actually be able and willing to do the job they're paid for.  But you find out that vast numbers of them are actually inept and unwilling despite charging huge fees for their 'services'. The whole system is designed to grind you down until you just stop asking or looking for help! It makes me very sad that this is her main experience of life!!

Did you actually get your fence problem sorted out? 

I just feel defeated now,  My idea of a group like this was mutual help and advice,  I do wonder really now what the purpose is of this group other than trying to send people off in a different direction and back into endless useless loops.

One clear thing I have taken is that we will indeed have to get her a passport.  How utterly ludicrous for someone who can't even manage to walk in her own garden.  There must be vast numbers of disabled and generally  disadvantaged people who need official ID. Why on earth isn't there an official ID card they can apply for! It wouldn't have to be a universal national id card,  surely some government department could come up with something legally acceptable.  Not a lot of kudos in that though is there!!! And I quite agree with what you said earlier,  the hoops you have to jump through to prove identity are many and get higher all the time.  If people have been able to get away without providing the documents listed in the first group on official requirements I think they've been very lucky.

I've had her name added to all the utility bills and she has a bank account so she's OK on the second group,  but what I'm thinking about  is that when I die she will have to negotiate probate, selling the house,  buying somewhere to live, all sorts of massive things she has absolutely no experience of at all.  And without a passport it's almost as if she doesn't exist in the financial and legal world.  Let's face it,  life for disabled people is **** isn't it!! Good job she has a sense of humour and a strong sense of what's right. 

Rant over for now!!