Benefits, Housing, Vulnerable People Guides and Legal updates
Justice Minister Lord McNally has been advocating that LPA’s need a wider, younger uptake. He states in the consultation link above: The vast majority of the 700,000 LPAs currently registered in the UK (94 per cent) are for over 60s, Continue reading Lasting Power of Attorney’s Online a quick view
A lot of practitioners acting as Deputies and Appointee’s as well as Mental Health Advocates etc need a more holistic view of the legal area surrounding their clients; we shall now be including selected Benefits and Housing case law as Continue reading Vulnerable People June 2013 Update
The case of Hotak, heard by the Court of Appeal on May 2, 2013 provides a detailed analysis on how the Court’s address the issue of priority need due to vulnerability for homelessness. (Editors Note: This recent case should be read Continue reading Assessing Vulnerabilty – A detailed Look at Hotak
To help me keep up to date I curate case’s / useful information which have popped up during the month and keep it handy. I’ve been asked to distribute the same internally so I thought I’d post it online also. Continue reading Mental Health Law Update June 2013
A recent article on the Telegraph mentions how it STILL takes banks a inordinately large amount of time to process Lasting Power of Attorneys. A quick google of Natwest shows this issue is not a new one. What is slightly Continue reading Natwest Bank and Lasting Powers of Attorneys