All Private Client Solicitors articles – Page 35
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FeatureMake your connection
Recent research has suggested that more could be done to clearly communicate legal issues to vulnerable clients. Helen Quinn and Gemma Jolly from Alzheimer’s Society explain how to improve your written and verbal skills to communicate effectively with people with dementia.
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FeatureMyth busting
Trainee solicitor Estelle Chapman was initially sceptical when she took up a private client seat after months in corporate law. She explains how all her preconceptions were proved wrong, and makes the case for more trainees to embrace private client work.
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FeatureCaught in the net
The annual tax on enveloped dwellings applies to UK residential properties held in corporate envelopes and carries yearly reporting obligations. Simon Leney identifies the tax’s traps.
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NewsCornering the market
Change is afoot in the asset management industry, with the FCA proposing sweeping changes and a major new European directive coming into force from January. Patrick Connolly discusses what this could mean for solicitors and investor clients.
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OpinionHeald firm
Our new chair, Fiona Heald, discusses the two private client issues closest to her heart.
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FeatureMark your words
Drafting errors which affect the inheritance tax position can be costly for both solicitor and client. However, there are opportunities to correct things, explains Sarah Harrison
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FeaturePrivate Client Section: elderly client care conference (20 October 2017, London)
The conference is aimed at solicitors who specialise in private client work and elderly client issues.
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FeatureSeminar: Current issues in private client practice
In September, Professor Lesley King talked about the recent developments coming from judgments and statutes throughout 2017. Login to your account to listen to the audio of her seminar.
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FeatureQ&A with Melinda Giles
Melinda Giles talks about her career, her role as a member of the Private Client Section Council, and shares some good advice.
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FeatureDeciphering homemade wills
Lesley King explains how the High Court interpreted a homemade will handwritten by a testator who wasn’t grammatically fluent in English.
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FeatureLibrary FAQ: Can an executor dispose of the deceased’s property before grant of probate?
The Law Society Library helps answer a query about an executor’s rights to dispose of the deceased’s property before grant of probate.
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FeatureSigning off
Gary Rycroft reflects on another successful annual conference, as he plans to step down from the Section committee after 10 years of service
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FeaturePrivate Client Section annual conference 2017: Introduction
Private Client Section committee member Stuart Adams rounds up the highlights of the Section’s annual conference, held in London on 30 June, and introduces our conference special edition
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FeatureWorkshop: Elderly client issues
Delegates at the conference could choose between five workshops, run twice over the course of the day. Helen Clarke rounds up her workshop
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FeatureWorkshop: Court of Protection litigation
Delegates at the conference could choose between five workshops, run twice over the course of the day. Ruth Hughes rounds up her workshop
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FeatureWorkshop: IHT and the family home
Delegates at the conference could choose between five workshops, run twice over the course of the day. Jo Summers rounds up her workshop
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FeatureRate of knots
At the Private Client Section annual conference, Chris Whitehouse gave an update on capital tax planning after the 2017 budget, focusing in particular on the complexities of the new residence nil-rate band