Avoiding estate disputes
Rigorous documentation around assessments of capacity should become the norm, especially considering the concerning rise in dementia figures, says Sir Robert Francis QC
24 July 2017
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Mental capacity and family proceedings
Mariko Wilson discusses the checks and balances in place to ensure that vulnerable clients are protected and their interests properly represented in family cases
5 July 2017
Rising demand for mental capacity lawyers
Mental capacity law may not be as academically complex as other areas of law, says Floyd Porter, but, in some respects, it is more challenging
22 May 2017
No power for Court of Protection to order care plan changes
Challenges to care-funding plans should be heard in Administrative Court
23 March 2017
Prospective care home residents’ wishes to be taken into account
Law Commission proposes root-and-branch amendments to mental capacity and deprivation of liberty laws
13 March 2017
