James Urquhart-Burton

Solicitor - Head of Continuing Healthcare Claims

SRA ID: 500137

James is an experienced elderly client solicitor with a passion and understanding of the legal challenges faced by older people and their families. As an expert in NHS Continuing Healthcare Funding, he uses his skills and experience to help families navigate the assessment and appeals process, to maximise their chance of obtaining the right funding for their care. As well as recovering wrongly paid care fees, James also assists the families of people who were entitled to funding but did not receive it before passing away. James is passionate about supporting people about their rights, providing effective advocacy and securing lifechanging results for his clients and their families. The highlight of his career was securing an NHS Continuing Healthcare Funding award following an Independent Review Panel, which resulted in payment of over £350,000 in restitution for wrongly paid care costs. Outside work James enjoys cooking, and spending time with family and friends and with a degree in Spanish, he often holidays in Spain to hone his language skills.