Matter over mind: capacity and incapacity in civil proceedings
Expert evidence, collateral information and practitioner insight together form the foundation of a defensible capacity assessment in civil proceedings.
Assessing capacity and managing risk: working with elderly clients
As the great wealth transfer looms, courts increasingly require solicitors to take a conservative approach in assessing testamentary capacity.
Wills and estates: July 2016
Reporting and analysisof the latest judgments and news in wills & estates and elder law. By DARRYL BROWNE.
Capacity, dementia and neuropsychology
The Office of the Legal Services Commission is increasingly receiving complaints that lawyers have accepted instructions from elderly people who lack decision-making capacity. By LISE…