Back to Basics
Back to Basics: Health and welfare LPAs vs advance decisions
Paula Shea looks at advance care planning, the various options and how to prepare clients for life-threatening or life-sustaining situations.
Obituary: Chris Whitehouse
We were all saddened to hear of the death late last year of Chris Whitehouse, esteemed barrister and a regular speaker at Private Client Section events. Here, Lesley King and Melinda Giles pay tribute
New moves
Acting chair of the Private Client Section Alberto Perez Cedillo explains our future plans
Taking stock digitally
Stuart Adams reviews a new Law Society title for private client solicitors concerning digital assets
Friendly reminder
Molly Hunter and Melissa Lesson examine the role of litigation friends in cases where a client has capacity issues, including fluctuating capacity
Decrypting crypto
Kate Burt summarises what has changed regarding cryptoassets, and what you need to know
Versus predator
The risk of vulnerable parties entering into a predatory marriage is gaining increasing attention, both in the press and in the legal profession. Bethan Byrne and Sheena Cassidy Hope explore how new protections can be achieved through changes in the law
Back to Basics: Health and welfare LPAs vs advance decisions
Paula Shea looks at advance care planning, the various options and how to prepare clients for life-threatening or life-sustaining situations.
At capacity
Holly Miéville-Hawkins and Holly Chantler review some key welfare cases from 2021, and the implications they have for financial deputies and attorneys
Passage to India
Alberto Perez Cedillo speaks to Rishabh Shroff, co-head of private client practice at Indian law firm Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, about the country’s inheritance and succession laws
Special blend
Choosing your attorney when making a lasting power of attorney requires much thought in any event, but things can get even more complicated when blended families are involved, as Fiona Heald and Sophie O’Connell explain