5(B)(ii). Find sources of support and information

Where the lawyer is denied access to the institution, it may be helpful to contact service provision NGOs or peer support groups that may have an agreement to access the institution. The office of the Ombudsman or other inspectorate bodies may have a right to access institutions. At the same time, lawyers should consider the evidence which can be gathered without the client’s help, for example, circumstantial evidence, human rights reports by international bodies or NGOs, previous court files from legal capacity proceedings, the guardianship file, information on any property interests from the property register and expert medical evidence.