Monthly Archives: January 2012

Patient Confidentiality & Lasting Power of Attorney

Patient Confidentiality was recently discussed on BBC Radio 4 programme ‘You and Yours’. A Listener phoned in to say that “her mother had made appointments to see her GP but when asked about it could not remember what had been said … Continue reading

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Care System Reforms – protect yourself and your loved ones

Recent newspaper articles about the possibility of  having to pay out £60,000 for care in old age (Old age care to cost you double – Daily Express 17th Jan. 2012) and the care system being broken (Elderly risk losing everything, … Continue reading

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Family Members Interfering with Will Writing Process

Family members can help and advise relatives to write a will but there is a line which cannot be crossed without risking the resulting will being overturned. In an article published on the 9th January 2012 in the STEP Journal … Continue reading

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