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Private Client Focus | Sustaining life: the role of intuition in the Court of Protection

With jurisprudence surrounding mental capacity and human rights in its relative infancy, 'is there enough law to outweigh the use of intuition. Zak Golombeck explores the issues

Private Client Focus | Will writing regulation: aiming for the highest standards

Will writing regulation is long overdue, but standards must match those expected of solicitors, says ?Paul Horton

Private Client Focus | Challenging care home closures

Despite the vulnerable nature of the elderly, cases against ?care home closures have seen limited success, says Alec Samuels

Lawie v Lawie serves as a reminder to practitioners about the availability of the remedy of rectification, says Matthew Evans

End in sight: Presumption of Death Bill

There is light at the end of the tunnel for the introduction ?of presumption of death legislation, says Kirsten Bennett

Update | Estate planning: multiple wills in different jurisdictions

Susi Dunn tackles the pitfalls of interpreting multiple wills in 'separate jurisdictions and judicial encouragement of trustees

Solicitors have a key role to play in what should be a multi-agency approach to the prevention of financial abuse, says Alison Huggins

Workshop: Drafting wills with a foreign element

Chris Hards explains how to draw up wills for clients with assets in multiple jurisdictions and avoid a prolonged probate process