You probably have a Driving Licence but do you have an effective Power of Attorney? BLOG #2 Powers of Attorney – are they as simple to apply for and use as a driving licence? In our first Blog of this 10 part series on “Planning for Later...
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With each Blog in this series our Team and I will: 1. Highlight a hopefully interesting and significant STATISTIC 2. Provide a little COMMENT from our professional and personal experiences as later life specialist Solicitors 3. Suggest an...
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Due to our longstanding professional relationship with Guild Care we were delighted to be invited to facilitate some complimentary bespoke training for their fantastic staff on the importance and potential complexities to look out for with Powers of...
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“Probate” is an often mis-used term. It is often used to describe the process of administering an estate, from start to finish. In fact, a “Grant of Probate” is a document produced by the Court that proves the Executor has the legal...
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The 21 September 2018 was World Alzheimer’s Day. Alzheimer’s Disease is the most common form of dementia and the numbers suffering from this devastating condition will continue to rise. Losing mental capacity, through disease, old age or an...
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Thinking about the future and what may happen to us in later life is a difficult and sensitive subject. Planning for the “what ifs” is often avoided. Irrespective of age and health, putting in place a lasting power of attorney (LPA) is now...
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STEP and TEP may sound like moves performed by the Royal Ballet, but they actually stand for a highly recognised, worldwide professional body representing trusts and estate practitioners from many professions, including law. Bennett Griffin...
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Bennett Griffin are delighted to have been recognised amongst England and Wales' best at last week's Law Society Excellence Awards, receiving the Highly Commended certificate in the Customer Service category. Ian Macara, Elin Dukes and Rhys Price...
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You cannot explain what it’s like to mourn someone who is still alive unless you have experienced it first-hand. - Jessica Seay Soto Dementia Friends is a special organisation founded for the purpose of increasing awareness of dementia within...
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Last week, former Court of Protection judge, Denzil Lush, said he would never sign a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) because it can have a ‘devastating effect’ on family relationships. Judge Lush, who was the senior judge in the UK Court of...
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