Elderly Clients: A Precedent Manual

Authors	Denzil Lush, Caroline Bielanska and Jennifer Margrave
Publisher	Jordan Publishing
Product	Elderly Clients: A Precedent Manual Paperback+CD	£75

January 2010

Features

Elderly Clients: A Precedent Manual provides a wealth of precedents which will assist the private client adviser in tackling the whole range of issues affecting the elder client. These include the difficult and everchanging problems of planning for a client’s possible incapacity in later life, care contracts, funeral planning, wills and equity release schemes.

In addition to the precedents, the legal framework underpinning each area is set out in clear terms and is accompanied by useful checklists to assist the adviser in matters such as registering a lasting power of attorney and establishing whether the client has authority to make a will or gift.

Published in conjunction with Solicitors for the Elderly, each chapter of this new edition has been thoroughly revised to take account of all major developments including:

• Mental Capacity Act 2005 - which introduced the new lasting powers of attorney, deputyship (replacing receivership), new law and practice on statutory wills and the statutory basis for a 'living will', as well as the general impact on mental capacity issues
• Health and Social Care Act 2007 - covering changes to care homes
• Case-law changes - affecting areas such as wills and sharing residential property

A CD-ROM containing all of the precedents is included enabling you to quickly tailor each to suit your particular needs.

Contents

• Elderly People
• Who is the Client?
• Capacity
• Sharing Residential Accommodation
• Gifts
• Care Home Contracts
• Ordinary Powers of Attorney
• Social Security Agents and Appointees
• Enduring Powers of Attorney
• Lasting Powers of Attorney
• Deputyship
• Living Wills
• Funeral Planning
• Wills
• Statutory Wills
• Equity Release
• Carer and Care Worker Services

Reviews

"I wholeheartedly recommend that all high street practices and personal client departments of firms obtain a copy of this book"
Law Society Gazette

"excellent value and a worthy addition to the bookshelf"
EAGLE

"a helpful handbook for both the newly qualified and the more experienced lawyer working with this client group"
Solicitors Journal

Author information

GENERAL EDITORS

Denzil Lush, Master of the Court of Protection
Caroline Bielanska, Solicitor and Consultant
Jennifer Margrave, Solicitor, Jennifer C Margrave Solicitors

CONTRIBUTORS

Caroline Bielanska, Solicitor and Consultant
David Bishop, Solicitor, David Bishop Solicitors
Helen Clarke, Solicitor and Consultant
Penny Letts, Policy Consultant
Jennifer Margrave, Solicitor, Jennifer C Margrave Solicitors
Martin Terrell, Partner, Thomson Snell & Passmore
Jonathan Wilkey, Partner, Gwynn James

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