{"id":47154,"date":"2025-07-24T16:30:22","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T16:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vitkloverassistans.se\/?page_id=47154"},"modified":"2025-09-26T13:09:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T13:09:47","slug":"juridiska-tjanster","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vitkloverassistans.se\/en\/juridiska-tjanster\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal services"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Legal services<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Behind every case is a person \u2013 we fight for their rights.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

When society\u2019s decisions fall short, we stand by your side. We handle legal cases within personal assistance and social law with dedication, expertise, and a genuine focus on the individual. Our lawyers have extensive experience in assistance cases and maintain direct contact with our clients to provide qualified legal support throughout the entire process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the years, we have successfully supported clients in appeals, requests for injunctions, and court cases that have been won \u2014 efforts that have made a real difference in people\u2019s everyday lives. Below are some examples of cases where we have helped change our clients\u2019 situations for the better.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Our successes in court<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Administrative Court \u2013 injunction \u2013 autism, severe intellectual disability<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

A man diagnosed with autism and severe intellectual disability had, for several years, received personal assistance compensation from the Swedish Social Insurance Agency (F\u00f6rs\u00e4kringskassan). At a two-year review, F\u00f6rs\u00e4kringskassan decided to withdraw the compensation, arguing that his fundamental needs did not amount to 20 hours per week. The decision was appealed, and a request for inhibition was filed (meaning that F\u00f6rs\u00e4kringskassan\u2019s withdrawal decision would not apply until the court made its final ruling). The Administrative Court granted the inhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Administrative Court \u2013 lissencephaly \u2013 right to personal assistance<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

The municipality had rejected the application for personal assistance for a 2.5-year-old child, claiming that the child\u2019s need for support did not meet the requirements for being granted personal assistance. The municipality argued, despite acknowledging that the child required hands-on help during meals, that such assistance fell within the scope of normal parental responsibility for a child of the same age. However, the Administrative Court overturned the municipality\u2019s decision and ruled that the child was entitled to personal assistance. The municipality is responsible for calculating the total number of assistance hours to be granted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Administrative Court \u2013 epidermolysis bullosa \u2013 right to additional assistance compensation<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

The case concerned a child with the severe skin disease epidermolysis bullosa (EB) who had been granted personal assistance compensation from the Swedish Social Insurance Agency (F\u00f6rs\u00e4kringskassan). The issue in the case was whether the child was entitled to additional assistance compensation beyond what F\u00f6rs\u00e4kringskassan had approved, specifically regarding the need for active assistance throughout the night and double assistance in several situations. The Administrative Court granted the request for full-night assistance and also determined that double assistance was required for several tasks, such as showering, stoma care, transfers, etc. The latter issue was referred back to F\u00f6rs\u00e4kringskassan for further processing regarding the scope of hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Court of Appeal \u2013 chromosomal disorder, heart disease, psychotic disorder, moderate intellectual disability \u2013 assistance compensation<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

After a woman in her 30s won her case against the Swedish Social Insurance Agency (F\u00f6rs\u00e4kringskassan) in the Administrative Court regarding her right to personal assistance compensation, F\u00f6rs\u00e4kringskassan appealed the decision to the Court of Appeal and was granted leave to appeal. The Court of Appeal rejected F\u00f6rs\u00e4kringskassan\u2019s appeal and confirmed that the woman is entitled to personal assistance compensation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Administrative Court \u2013 MS, hypoxic injury, and mild cognitive impairment \u2013 right to personal assistance<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

A woman had for several years been granted personal assistance from the municipality but later had the assistance withdrawn. She submitted a new application for assistance together with several new medical statements from different professionals, yet the municipality again rejected her application. The case was appealed, and the Administrative Court granted the appeal, ruling that the woman was entitled to personal assistance. The Administrative Court also noted that the municipality had not sufficiently considered the newly submitted certificates and that the deficiencies in the municipality\u2019s investigation were so significant that the case had to be redone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Administrative Court \u2013 severe autism and severe intellectual disability \u2013 right to personal assistance<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

The committee rejected the application for personal assistance concerning a person diagnosed with severe autism and severe intellectual disability, referring to outdated information and disregarding the most recent medical certificate. The Administrative Court granted the appeal and referred the case back to the district committee for renewed investigation and assessment of the right to personal assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Administrative Court \u2013 asthma, COPD, cystic lung disease, rheumatoid arthritis \u2013 circle of people<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

The Swedish Social Insurance Agency (F\u00f6rs\u00e4kringskassan) had decided that a person diagnosed with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cystic lung disease, and aggressive destructive rheumatoid arthritis did not fall within the circle of people. However, after the municipality determined that the person belongs to circle of people 3, F\u00f6rs\u00e4kringskassan changed its position, and the Administrative Court also confirmed that the parties now agree the person is included in the circle of people. The case has been referred back to F\u00f6rs\u00e4kringskassan for the necessary investigation of the person\u2019s entitlement to personal assistance compensation and calculation of the fundamental care needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Administrative Court \u2013 mild intellectual disability \u2013 circle of people<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

After a new certificate confirming the diagnosis of mild intellectual disability was submitted, the municipality now agrees that the person is considered to belong to circle of people 1 under Section 1 of the LSS Act. The case is referred back to the municipality for a new assessment of the right to personal assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Administrative Court \u2013 Down\u2019s syndrome, severe intellectual disability \u2013 right to personal assistance to the same extent as before<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

After the municipality\u2019s review, the personal assistance was reduced from about 50 hours per week to about 15 hours per week, even though the boy\u2019s needs\/disability had not changed. The decision was appealed to the Administrative Court. In its ruling, the Administrative Court granted the boy the right to personal assistance to the same extent as he had previously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Administrative Court \u2013 Down\u2019s syndrome \u2013 right to personal assistance<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

A 19-year-old had applied for personal assistance from the municipality but was denied, as the municipality considered the need for support not extensive enough. The decision was appealed, and the Administrative Court granted the individual the right to personal assistance, referring the case back to the municipality for the necessary investigation and calculation of support needs, as the municipality had not carried out a complete assessment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Court of Appeal \u2013 Rett syndrome \u2013 extension of assistance compensation<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

A 10-year-old child was granted active assistance throughout the entire night rest following proceedings in the Court of Appeal, after the Swedish Social Insurance Agency (F\u00f6rs\u00e4kringskassan) changed its position and acknowledged that the child was shown to be in need of nighttime assistance. The ruling is based on a decision by F\u00f6rs\u00e4kringskassan from 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Administrative Court \u2013 psychotic disorder, intellectual disability, epilepsy, heart defect \u2013 assistance compensation<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

A person with a psychotic disorder, intellectual disability, epilepsy, and a heart defect applied for personal assistance compensation from the Swedish Social Insurance Agency (F\u00f6rs\u00e4kringskassan) but was denied. The decision was appealed to the Administrative Court, which overturned the denial and established that the individual was entitled to assistance compensation. The person was considered to be in need of supervision of a monitoring nature, requiring in-depth knowledge of the individual, and therefore classified as a fundamental need. The Administrative Court concluded that the person\u2019s basic assistance needs exceeded 20 hours per week, and assistance compensation was therefore granted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Administrative Court \u2013 Down\u2019s syndrome \u2013 right to assistance compensation<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

An adult with Down\u2019s syndrome, cognitive disability, and autism, who had personal assistance but considered their needs to be so extensive that they should qualify for assistance compensation, was denied such compensation by the Swedish Social Insurance Agency (F\u00f6rs\u00e4kringskassan). The decision was appealed, and after an oral hearing in court with witnesses, the parties agreed that the person\u2019s fundamental needs exceeded 20 hours per week. The individual was therefore granted assistance compensation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Court of Appeal \u2013 autism, intellectual disability, and epilepsy \u2013 parental responsibility<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

A 12-year-old child with autism, intellectual disability, and epilepsy (9 years old at the time of the application) was granted the right that no parental responsibility should be applied in the case, as the Court of Appeal determined that the child\u2019s need for supervision could not be considered part of normal parental responsibility for a 9-year-old. The Court of Appeal established that no significant portion of the time required to meet this need could be disregarded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Swedish Social Insurance Agency \u2013 cerebral palsy \u2013 parental responsibility<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

A ten-year-old child with cerebral palsy (muscle tone fluctuation), who is wheelchair-bound and had previously been granted assistance compensation, underwent a two-year review in which the Swedish Social Insurance Agency (F\u00f6rs\u00e4kringskassan) proposed deductions for family interaction and parental responsibility. After comments were submitted regarding this proposal, F\u00f6rs\u00e4kringskassan changed its position and granted all requested hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Administrative Court \u2013 psychotic disorder, intellectual disability, epilepsy, heart defect \u2013 right to assistance<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

A person with a psychotic disorder, intellectual disability, epilepsy, and a heart defect applied for personal assistance from the municipality but was denied. The decision was appealed to the Administrative Court, which overturned the denial and established that the individual was entitled to personal assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Swedish Social Insurance Agency \u2013 PDH deficiency \u2013 right to round-the-clock assistance<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

A young child with a rare vitamin deficiency applied for assistance compensation but initially received a proposed denial from the Swedish Social Insurance Agency (F\u00f6rs\u00e4kringskassan). After comments were submitted, the child was granted round-the-clock assistance compensation, i.e., to the full extent requested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Court of Appeal \u2013 psychotic symptoms, diabetes, cognitive impairment \u2013 circle of people<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

A person with psychiatric disabilities applied for assistance compensation from the Swedish Social Insurance Agency (F\u00f6rs\u00e4kringskassan) but was denied on the grounds that the individual did not belong to circle of people 3. The decision was appealed to the court. After a long process, the court determined that the person did belong to the circle of people, and the case has now been returned to F\u00f6rs\u00e4kringskassan for further investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Administrative Court \u2013 stroke \u2013 residence<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

A person who had suffered a stroke applied for personal assistance from the municipality but was denied on the grounds that, based on F\u00f6rs\u00e4kringskassan\u2019s investigation, the individual was not considered to be residing in Sweden. The decision was appealed, and the Administrative Court determined that the municipality had not carried out an independent assessment of the case, and therefore referred it back to the municipality for the necessary investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Court of Appeal \u2013 Down\u2019s syndrome \u2013 right to additional assistance<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

A teenager with Down\u2019s syndrome who had been granted personal assistance, but not to the extent applied for, appealed the decision to the Administrative Court, which rejected the appeal. The Court of Appeal has now decided to hear the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Court of Appeal \u2013 MS, brain injury \u2013 right to continued assistance<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

A person diagnosed with MS and a brain injury, who had long been receiving personal assistance, had the service withdrawn by the municipality after a new assessment concluded that the assistance was no longer needed. The decision was appealed, but the Administrative Court sided with the municipality. The case was then appealed to the next instance, and the Court of Appeal has now decided to hear the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Administrative Court \u2013 Alstr\u00f6m syndrome \u2013 temporary increase of assistance<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

A person with Alstr\u00f6m syndrome who applied for a temporary increase in assistance due to an assistant\u2019s illness was denied by the municipality, but the decision was overturned by the Administrative Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Administrative Court \u2013 autism, moderate intellectual disability \u2013 right to assistance<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

A person who applied for assistance had their application denied by the municipality, after which the decision was appealed. The Administrative Court determined that the municipality had not carried out a satisfactory investigation and referred the case back to the municipality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Administrative Court \u2013 limb-girdle muscular dystrophy, intellectual disability, and diabetes \u2013 right to double assistance<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

A person with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy, intellectual disability, and diabetes applied to the Swedish Social Insurance Agency (F\u00f6rs\u00e4kringskassan) for double assistance in certain situations. F\u00f6rs\u00e4kringskassan denied the request, but the decision was appealed and overturned, granting the individual the right to double assistance for the requested time.
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Juridiska tj\u00e4nster Bakom varje fall finns en m\u00e4nniska \u2013 vi k\u00e4mpar f\u00f6r deras r\u00e4ttigheter. N\u00e4r samh\u00e4llets beslut brister, st\u00e5r vi p\u00e5 din sida. Vi driver juridiska processer inom personlig assistans och socialr\u00e4tt med engagemang, kunskap och ett genuint fokus p\u00e5 individen. V\u00e5ra jurister har l\u00e5ng erfarenhet av assistans\u00e4renden och \u00e4r i direkt kontakt med v\u00e5ra … Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-47154","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitkloverassistans.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitkloverassistans.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitkloverassistans.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitkloverassistans.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitkloverassistans.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47154"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/vitkloverassistans.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47268,"href":"https:\/\/vitkloverassistans.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47154\/revisions\/47268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitkloverassistans.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}