Solicitors’ rules and ethical responsibilities when dealing with older clients
The proliferation of elder abuse has highlighted the fundamental and unique role solicitors play in preventing this new epidemic.
The proliferation of elder abuse has highlighted the fundamental and unique role solicitors play in preventing this new epidemic.
As the great wealth transfer looms, courts increasingly require solicitors to take a conservative approach in assessing testamentary capacity.
Reporting and analysisof the latest judgments and news in wills & estates and elder law. By DARRYL BROWNE.
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…