by Dr Jane Lonie | Mar 15, 2021 | Autonomy Evaluation, Medico-legal
As we grow older, we are often faced with making a range of important life decisions, such as where we should live, what support we need, and who should help us manage our finances and our health? Sometimes family members have different ideas about these important...
by Michael Perkins | Mar 15, 2021 | Autonomy Evaluation, Legal, Succession Planning (After Death), Wills
“Our mission is to support and safeguard the will and preference of our clients” – Michael Perkins We were contacted by a new client this week. His long-term family solicitor had refused to update his will because the client had recently been...
by Michael Perkins | Feb 16, 2021 | Medico-legal
What is the will and preference of a person under care? At the Autonomy First multidisciplinary Capacity and Capability Clinic, we often work with family members after a dementia diagnosis. Unfortunately, we see a number of cases where the affected person has been...
by Dr Jane Lonie | Feb 15, 2021 | Autonomy Evaluation, Medico-legal
Although the law treats the concepts of legal capacity and undue influence as separate entities, insofar as undue influence presupposes that the individual had capacity, in reality the two rarely operate in isolation. That is to say, whilst the law requires that...
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