All Private Client Solicitors articles – Page 23

Feature

A place in the sun

2020-02-13T00:00:00Z

Angharad Lynn looks at the issues involved when succession planning for clients with homes abroad

Feature

Needs must

2020-02-13T00:00:00Z

For parents of children with learning needs, planning for the time when they are no longer able to care for them can be daunting and difficult. Nick Latimir, who has a child with autism, details some of the options available 

Opinion

Morning matters

2020-02-13T00:00:00Z

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

Feature

Let it be

2020-02-13T00:00:00Z

In a sluggish property market, it may be tempting for fiduciaries to let a property rather than allow it to stand empty and drain the value of an estate. But, as Paul Saunders explains, there are issues to consider, and regulatory and financial implications if you get it wrong 

Feature

Junior league

2020-02-13T00:00:00Z

An anonymous junior lawyer lists some of the things they wish they’d known when first starting out in their career in private client practice

Feature

Instruction manual

2020-02-13T00:00:00Z

Private client solicitors are increasingly requesting capacity assessments for their clients. Sophie O’Connell discusses how to instruct a mental capacity assessor with Judy Wurr and Sarah Post, both experienced independent mental capacity assessors

Feature

Get the message

2020-02-13T00:00:00Z

In the second of a two-part article on effective client communication, Fiona du Feu looks at the different – and not always obvious – ways in which clients may be vulnerable, and how your firm can best support them

Feature

Generation gaps

2020-02-13T00:00:00Z

Paul Maddock discusses some of the legal and social issues faced by older LGBT+ people that can often be overlooked by private client solicitors

Feature

DAC in the game

2020-02-13T00:00:00Z

A new European directive seeks to boost transparency and to tackle what it sees as aggressive cross-border tax planning, by placing reporting obligations on intermediaries and taxpayers. Alberto Perez Cedillo explains

Feature

Country life

2020-02-13T00:00:00Z

With the Office of Tax Simplification’s review of lifetime gifts and an ageing farming population, farmers will be considering making lifetime gifts and taking advantage of reliefs while still available. Julie Butler and Fred Butler look at areas of concern for the adviser

Feature

Back to basics: Business LPAs

2020-02-13T00:00:00Z

A business lasting power of attorney enables a business owner to authorise an attorney to make decisions concerning their business interests when they are unavailable or lack capacity. Craig Ward reviews the basics

Feature

Authority decision

2020-02-13T00:00:00Z

Leon Pickering examines a recent Court of Protection decision that raises significant implications relating to the authority of attorneys to use a donor’s money to benefit others

Feature

Assessing the situation

2020-02-13T00:00:00Z

Professor Robin Jacoby discusses his long and varied career in medico-legal practice

Feature

Accidental interests in possession

2020-01-15T10:11:00Z

Lesley King considers why it’s important to think through the inheritance tax consequences of giving a right to occupy.

Feature

Equal inheritance tax for EU and non-EU taxpayers

2020-01-10T11:47:00Z

Spain’s highest court has considered that Spanish inheritance tax rules discriminate against non-EU residents. Alberto Perez Cedillo summarises the decision.

Event

Elderly and vulnerable client care conference (October 2020)

Our Private Client Section conference focused on the unique challenges of elderly and vulnerable clients.

Event

Private Client Section annual conference week (On Demand)

Hear from expert speakers in our recorded webinars, to equip you with the very latest thinking on private client work.

Event

Double regional seminars: Older or incapable clients (OnDemand)

Download the slides and notes from this double seminar in February 2020, which focused on support for older or incapable clients, and was delivered by two of the top solicitors in private client law.

Event

Cross border conference: The new international landscape (6 March 2020, London)

Our 2020 cross border conference will help you to keep on top of the increasingly complex and changing environment of international private client work. 

Feature

Young voices

2019-11-12T00:00:00Z

There have been a number of controversial recent cases at the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal involving junior lawyers pressured into making unethical decisions. Richard Burnham looks at how law firms can create an ethical culture and support millennials in making ethical decisions