A husband and wife jointly own a property as tenants in common. One spouse has dementia and lives in a care home, with the other spouse aged over 60 and therefore a...
The following Private Client Q&A provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on A is the beneficiary of personal injury trust. A's spouse, B, receives...
A local authority has two charges registered against a freehold property in Wales in respect of care charges under the Health and Social Services and Social Security...
A surviving spouse is left an interest in possession in half of the matrimonial home in the Will of the deceased spouse. The Will contains a provision such that if the...
Are life policies classed as exempt assets by the local authority when determining an individual’s capital in assessing how much they must contribute towards their care...
The following Private Client practice note provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Assessment for residential accommodation
The following Private Client practice note provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Benefits and means testing
Can a notice of severance of a joint tenancy over a bank account or investment be validly served on a joint tenant who has lost capacity? There is no attorney or deputy...
Can an attorney operating under a lasting power of attorney use the donor's funds to cover the expense of taking legal advice in respect of challenges concerning her...
Can an elderly client give their property to their children to limit the amount of nursing home fees they will need to pay if that becomes necessary without suffering...
The following Private Client practice note provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Capacity to create or revoke an LPA
The following Private Client practice note provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Capacity to litigate
The following Family practice note provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Capacity to litigate—family proceedings
The following Private Client practice note provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Capacity to make gifts, settle property and contract...
The following Private Client practice note provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Capacity to make or revoke a Will
The following Private Client practice note provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Capacity to marry, cohabit and have sexual relations...
The following Private Client practice note provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Care and support needs assessments
The following Private Client practice note provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Care funding options
The following Private Client precedent provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Client’s letter authorising disclosure of confidential information...
The following Private Client practice note provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Coronavirus (COVID-19)—Care and Support Needs Assessments...
The following Private Client Q&A provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Could a claim for repayment of care fees be barred, eg. under the Limitation...
The following Private Client practice note provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Digital assets on incapacity and death
Does a local authority need to apply to the Court of Protection for a personal welfare order in order to transfer an objecting and incapacitated adult from home to a care...
The following Private Client practice note provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Elderly and vulnerable people—guide to investments and advice...
The following Private Client practice note provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Elderly clients and a solicitor's duties
The following Private Client practice note provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Elderly clients disposing of property interests...
