Living wills protect the most vulnerable
Eloise Power writes for The Times.
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Bell v The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust [2021] EWCA Civ 1363
Written by Emma Sutton for for Medical Law Reports on 10 December 2021.
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How to protect charitable gifts in your will
James Berry writes for Spear’s.
Decide for yourself
“The judgment in CH v A Metropolitan Council demonstrates that before making decisions for a vulnerable person, there is a real obligation to support them to gain capacity where possible”, writes Sophia Roper for the Solicitors Journal.
Danger in deep water or just ripples in the pool: has the Pool judgment changed the law on expert evidence?
Keith Rix, Anthony Haycroft & Nigel Eastman co-authored a piece on expert evidence published in BJPsych Advances (2017).
Power Of Attorney Still Fit For Purpose Amid The Big Intergenerational Wealth Shift – Lawyers
Tom Burroughes writes for Wealth Briefing, featuring comments by Sophia Roper.
Sentences for fraud after tragedies must be a deterrent
Sentences for fraud after tragedies must be a deterrent, Anothy Haycroft writes for The Times.
Councils risk heavy costs from not taking steps to promote capacity
Bridget Dolan QC and Caroline Hurst, of Switalskis Solicitors write for Community Care about the key practice implications from the case of a man who endured a year of celibacy because a council failed to provide him with sex education.
What we can learn from Salvador Dali’s paternity test
Following the paternity test of Salvador Dali, Michael Mylonas QC writes for Spear’s about the rise in courts ordering DNA testing to identify heirs.
NLJ Profile: James Berry
The New Law Journal interviews James Berry, former MP for Kingston and Surbiton (2015-17), and Serjeants’ Inn barrister.
Avoiding Estate Disputes
Sir Robert Francis QC writes in Solicitors Journal about what dementia means for the legal community.