Caroline Bielanska
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BOOK REVIEW The Elderly Client Handbook
Author: Caroline Bielanska and Martin Terrell (editors)
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The legal needs of vulnerable clients
Lindsay Taylor’s experience of financial institutions’ ignorance of the difference between a lasting power of attorney and court order will be a familiar story to most solicitors specialising in elder and capacity law.
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Solicitors can be vital in preventing the abuse and neglect of elderly people
On 7 January, Mr and Mrs Randell, an elderly Northamptonshire couple, were found dead in their freezing cold home. It was believed they had been dead for days. Although they died from natural causes, Northamptonshire County Council’s Safeguarding Adults Board is carrying out a review into the care provided.
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Bitter will to swallow
Readers may be aware of a new business model being launched where the legal profession is encouraged to ‘sign up’ to check online computer-generated wills for free. For more complex wills, the lawyer is able to charge for the service – but at no point would the lawyer meet the ...
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Lasting benefit
I am writing in respect of new public guardian Martin John’s announcement of a review of the lasting power of attorney form (see [2008] Gazette, 7 August, 3). Key stakeholder organisations are already working together in preparation for this review and the wider review of the Mental Capacity Act.