Features
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FeatureCounting the cost
Tim Kidd explores the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s recent consultation on its proposed changes to the handling of client money
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FeatureKind regards?
In relation to costs challenges, how should the courts strike the balance between third-party beneficiaries and solicitors acting on behalf of executors? Kris Kilsby explores the issues
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FeatureEthics in: Court of Protection
Fiona Heald and Sophie O’Connell consider the ethical issues relating to Court of Protection applications and advising deputies or attorneys
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FeatureNavigating charity law
Sarah Murphy and Ciara Lawlor look at what you need to consider when writing gifts for religious organisations
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FeatureAll change for capacity?
Holly Miéville-Hawkins and David Wedgwood reflect on the proposed move away from the test in Banks v Goodfellow for testamentary capacity
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FeatureModern family
Family structures have greatly changed in recent years. Cara Nuttall and Joe Ailion guide you through various legal issues that can arise
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FeatureSafe and sound
Heledd Wyn offers practical advice on how to spot vulnerable clients and how to best document and record capacity issues – plus signposts to further resources
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FeatureAdvising the affluent
Barry Griffin helps to navigate the many complexities of advising high-net-worth clients
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FeatureIt’s good to talk
Sarah Robinson looks at the recent Law Society’s Private Client Annual Conference
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FeatureStress test?
Is burnout inevitable in law? Holly Miéville-Hawkins explores the latest evidence, and suggests how you as an individual can add small healthy practices to your working day
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FeatureWorst case scenario
Chris Claxton-Shirley and Mollie Gray look at the importance of talking to clients about disaster clauses
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FeatureA will for change
The Law Commission’s long-awaited report, Modernising Wills Law, was published in May. Laura Abbott examines the main proposed reforms