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    Writing wrongs

    2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

    Daphne Perry offers some simple writing techniques to improve client service and business returns

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    Take control

    2018-11-06T00:02:00Z

    The EU GDPR magnifies the data privacy obligations of deputies and attorneys in relation to donors and people lacking mental capacity. Craig Ward provides a guide to the new requirements

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    Keynote: Hot off the press

    2018-09-18T00:14:00Z

    At the conference keynote session, Paul Lewis, financial journalist and broadcaster, in conversation with John Hyde, deputy news editor of the Law Society Gazette, spoke about pricing and clarity in legal services

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    State of the art

    2018-08-07T00:11:00Z

    Eleni Polycarpou and Giulia Trojano consider the tax and inheritance issues involved in handling estates rich in artworks, and look to the future and the rise of digital art 

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    Trans facts

    2018-05-15T14:45:00Z

    Despite greater awareness and public understanding of gender identity, many transgender people still face discrimination. Alison Craggs and Debra Gers examine the key legal rights of transgender people – from management of wills and inheritance rights to equality in the workplace

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    A fine line

    2018-02-21T15:31:00Z

    A professional deputy is under a duty to protect P from financial abuse and spending unwisely, but when does this become overprotectiveness? Using practical examples, Holly Miéville-Hawkins and Asha Beswetherick explain how you can navigate this increasingly fine line

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    Don't get in the red

    2017-11-07T11:25:00Z

    Richard Dew explains the complexities of administrating insolvent estates

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    Brain trust

    2017-09-19T09:42:00Z

    Lesley King provides an update on recent developments in private client law

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    Gilded cage

    2017-08-08T00:00:00Z

     Alexis Hearnden provides a guide to the the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards for the non-specialist practitioner

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    Read the signs

    2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

    Angela Johnson from the Office of the Public Guardian explains how to spot the signs of elder abuse

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    Wind it up

    2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

    Jo Summers addresses the key taxation issues trustees must be aware of when winding up a trust

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    New habits

    2016-11-15T16:37:00Z

    Philip Giles explains how private client, property and family departments can best work together when advising co-habitees

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    A run for your money?

    2016-07-18T13:42:00Z

    Grania Langdon-Down explores competition in the probate market

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    Back to Basics: Removing and retiring trustees and PRs

    2016-05-19T16:03:00Z

    Removing a fellow professional fiduciary

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    Line of duty

    2016-03-22T00:00:00Z

    Charles Holbech discusses some recent cases that provide useful guidance on the scope of trustees’ duties

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    Casing the joints

    2016-03-16T14:47:00Z

    Julia Hardy and Fiona Lawrence explain the issues around joint bank accounts after one of the account-holders dies

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    A taxing issue

    2015-11-26T12:50:00Z

    Jo Summers explains the UK’s current position on tax compliance, and what advice you need to give your clients

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    Private Client Section annual conference 2015: an introduction

    2015-09-22T17:17:00Z

    Private Client Section chair Simon Leney rounds up the highlights of the Section’s annual conference, held in London on 3 July, and introduces our conference special edition.

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    Silver linings

    2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

    Michael Hodin, executive director of the Global Coalition on Aging, talks about our ageing population

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    No place like home

    2015-07-21T00:00:00Z

    Sarah Playforth looks at the purchase of a home for someone who lacks mental capacity