Importance of a Life Expectancy Report for Statutory Wills:
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A statutory will is a legally binding document that outlines the distribution of a person's assets after their passing, often under...
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- Apr 24, 2023
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How Do I Get a Private Mental Capacity Assessment?
Understanding the legal process for getting a private mental capacity assessment is essential. It's important to understand the legal...
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- Mar 6, 2023
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Assessing Mental Capacity: A Comprehensive Guide
What is Mental Capacity? Mental Capacity is your ability to make an autonomous decision with the Mental Capacity Act (2005) advising;...
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- Feb 20, 2023
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Conveyancing and Mental Capacity
The case of a conveyancing solicitor selling a woman's property when there were doubts about the person's capacity highlighted the need...
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- Jul 16, 2022
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Who can complete a mental capacity assessment?
Who can complete a mental capacity assessment? The assessor must be an impartial, qualified professional, such as a Doctor or Social Worker
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- Jun 14, 2022
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Everything You Need To Know About Lasting Power of Attorney
A lasting power of attorney (POA) is a legal document used to appoint someone you trust as your agent to make decisions on your behalf...
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- Jun 14, 2022
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What You Need To Know About Mental Capacity
Mental capacity is a legal term that is used to describe an individual's ability to make decisions. It is important to understand what...
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- Jan 25, 2022
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Selling a property as a deputy or attorney
When someone is self-funding and placed by statutory services into a care home, they can, on occasion, fall between the gaps;
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- May 10, 2021
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What is a retrospective capacity assessment?
We make so many decisions in everyday life, so much so we very rarely take the time to consider these decisions.
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- Dec 7, 2020
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Deprivation of Assets or A Genuine Gift?
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council (19 014 246) The Health and Social Care Ombudsman ruled that for an individual to be found...
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- Jun 21, 2020
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What is a COP3 Mental Capacity Assessment Form?
In those instances where the outcome of the assessment is that the person does lack sufficient mental capacity to make the specific decision
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- Jun 1, 2020
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What happens when an applicant requests a COP3 assessment, but the person has capacity?
In those instances where an individual is deemed to have sufficient capacity, our expert Social Workers record a full mental capacity assess
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- May 15, 2020
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COP3 Mental Capacity Assessment Should I Ask My GP?
When applying for an order from the court of protection, a mental capacity assessment for the specific decision is a general requirement....
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- May 2, 2020
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Decision Specific Assessment Vs General Capacity Assessment
We often hear “can you complete a general capacity assessment”
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- May 2, 2020
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Postmortem retrospective testamentary mental capacity assessments from a Social Work approach
Postmortem retrospective testamentary mental capacity assessments from a Social Work approach. When an individual's last will and...
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