Fiona Heald

Fiona Heald is a partner in the private wealth team at Moore Barlow, and past chair of the Private Client Section committee.

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Special blend
2022-02-18T11:54:00
Choosing your attorney when making a lasting power of attorney requires much thought in any event, but things can get even more complicated when blended families are involved, as Fiona Heald and Sophie O’Connell explain
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Workshop: Ethics
2021-09-21T00:00:00
Fiona Heald, Melinda Giles and Kate Mahon round up their workshop on ethics
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Simply topping
2021-02-16T00:00:00
Fiona Heald presents a guide to the sometimes complex rules around third-party top-up fees for care payments
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Unilateral thinking
2020-11-17T00:00:00
Fiona Heald considers how to deal with severances if a co-owner of property loses capacity
Opinion
…goodbye
2020-11-17T00:00:00
After three years, Fiona Heald is stepping down as chair of the Private Client Section committee
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Field of dreams
2020-09-15T00:00:00
Fiona Heald introduces our special edition of PS, aimed at those in the early stages of their private client career, or considering this field as a specialism, and explains why she chose private client, and why she still loves it now
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Back to basics: Wills, trusts and care home fees
2020-08-11T08:10:00
Fiona Heald reviews the basics on wills, estate planning and the problem of care home fees.
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Home comforts
2020-08-11T00:00:00
Fiona Heald explains how the Section and the Law Society are continuing to work behind the scenes this summer to support private client members
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Strange days
2020-05-12T00:00:00
Fiona Heald talks about the challenges of working as a private client practitioner during lockdown
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Morning matters
2020-02-13T00:00:00
Fiona Heald explains how we’re trialling a new early start for some Section events, based on feedback from last year’s equality and diversity survey
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Decisions, decisions
2019-11-12T00:00:00
While the Brexit impasse continues, Fiona Heald reports on some good news
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Turn of events
2019-09-17T00:00:00
Fiona Heald looks back at the annual conference, and ahead to our upcoming events and how we’re looking to support you in the year ahead
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Keep on moving
2019-08-06T00:12:00
As the pace of life continues to accelerate, Fiona Heald considers what keeps a career in private client interesting and engaging
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Feeling the heat
2019-05-14T00:00:00
Fiona Heald laments further disruption to the probate process as the government carries on with its courts reform programme
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Speaking from experience
2019-02-12T00:00:00
Fiona Heald shares her frustration that solicitors’ knowledge and experience seems to count for less these days in the eyes of the public
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Concerned caller
2019-02-12T00:00:00
Despite the news that investigations into lasting powers of attorney are on the rise, Fiona Heald has noticed a trend in members of the public struggling to get their concerns taken seriously. Here she explains what you can do if you get a call asking for help
Opinion
Capacity confusion
2018-11-06T00:12:00
Modern institutions are well-equipped to handle a person’s death. So why do so many struggle once someone has lost capacity, asks Fiona Heald
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Face to face
2018-09-18T00:15:00
Fiona Heald recaps her highlights from this year’s annual conference, and recalls standout past events
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Practically speaking
2018-08-07T00:01:00
There is a plethora of training available for private client solicitors, but the practical detail is invariably lacking, says Fiona Heald. She explains how the Private Client Section is trying to do things differently
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Don't bank on it
2018-05-15T15:27:00
Fiona Heald wonders whether the unstoppable rise of internet and mobile banking is leading to a generation ignorant of the basics of banking, and leaving many older people behind