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    Monthly Archive for: "July, 2016"
     Failure to validate information

    Failure to validate information

    July 29, 2016

    The ability to be able to correctly identify the information that you are given during an assessment is absolutely crucial when attempting to determine if someone has capacity.

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       Book Review: Grandpa on a Skateboard (1st Ed) by Tim Farmer

      Book Review: Grandpa on a Skateboard (1st Ed) by Tim Farmer

      July 27, 2016

      Although this slim book feels more aimed at health practitioners it will, nonetheless, be of great practical benefit to legal professionals too. After reading this concise and engaging practical [...]

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         Does dementia mean no capacity?

        Does dementia mean no capacity?

        July 27, 2016

        This case will be helpful to those seeking to prove a Will if it is known that the testator had dementia at the time of signing the Will. Although each case will turn on its own facts, here the [...]

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           Book review of ‘The Law of Legal Services’ (1st Ed) (2015)

          Book review of ‘The Law of Legal Services’ (1st Ed) (2015)

          July 27, 2016

          “This book deals with the complex systems that regulate the provision of legal services and the risks faced by individual lawyers in their day to day work” so says the author John Gould of [...]

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             The case of a Will Trust, a Public House and proprietary estoppel

            The case of a Will Trust, a Public House and proprietary estoppel

            July 13, 2016

            The Claimants in this case were the trustees of a will trust, in which capacity they were the freehold owners of the Albert Arms Public House (the ‘Property’). There were three Defendants: one of [...]

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               What kind of stamina will be needed to thrive post Brexit?

              What kind of stamina will be needed to thrive post Brexit?

              July 13, 2016

              Stamina and resilience are strengths which get sports players through tough matches and the military through times of conflict. Both strengths seem to be missing in many of our politicians [...]

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                 Same sex civil unions in Italy

                Same sex civil unions in Italy

                July 6, 2016

                Finally, Italy has a new law legalising the civil partnership between same sex couples and providing regulation for cohabitants. Itbecomes the 27th country in Europe to legally recognize same [...]

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                   Standing on the shoulders of beneficiaries – who can challenge a Will?

                  Standing on the shoulders of beneficiaries – who can challenge a Will?

                  July 5, 2016

                  As we all know, not just anyone can challenge Will. There has to be some nexus before a challenge can be brought. Otherwise anyone could challenge anyone else as well, irrespective of whether [...]

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                     Golden Rule… What Golden Rule?

                    Golden Rule… What Golden Rule?

                    July 5, 2016

                    The Court of Appeal considered the law relating to testamentary capacity in the recent case of Burns v Burns [2016] EWCA Civ 37. The case concerned an appeal from the decision of DJ Woodburn [...]

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                       A year of pension change – and more to follow

                      A year of pension change – and more to follow

                      July 4, 2016

                      How you save for retirement and what you do with the money once you stop working are some of the biggest and complicated decisions you will ever make, so it is important to understand what the [...]

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