Elderly Clients : A Precedent Manual (3rd ed.)

"Elderly Clients: A Precedent Manual" provides a comprehensive wealth of precedents to assist the private client adviser tackle the whole range of issues affecting the elder client.

These include the difficult and ever-changing problems of planning for a client's possible incapacity in later life, care contracts, funeral planning, wills and equity release schemes.

In addition to the precedents, useful checklists assist the adviser in such matters as registering a lasting power of attorney and establishing whether the client has authority to make a will or gift.

Published in conjunction with Solicitors for the Elderly, each chapter of this new edition has been thoroughly revised to take account of all major developments including: Mental Capacity Act 2005 - affecting lasting powers of attorney, mental capacity issues, deputyship (replacing receivership), new law and practice on statutory wills and the statutory basis for a 'living will'; Health and Social Care Act 2007 - covering changes to care homes; and, Case-law changes - affecting areas such as wills and sharing residential property. The book includes a CD-ROM containing all of the precedents, enabling you to quickly tailor each to suit your particular needs.