The increasing responsibilities of deputies and trustees will be discussed at a conference aimed at Court of Protection specialists, in London on 3 May. Deputy Day 2018: All About Will is being organised by financial advisors Frenkel Topping, and is aimed at professional deputies, trustees, litigation and private client experts as well as case managers and other professionals. It will be chaired by Andrew Ritchie QC, 9 Gough Square. Speakers include Will Mieville-Hawkins, Senior Judge Carolyn Hilder, Senior Costs Judge Peter Haworth along with a senior member from the Office of the Public Guardian. There will also be sessions where deputies can discuss their concerns and share experiences in a confidential environment.
08 February 2018
Deputy Day 2018
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Harneys—Maggie Kwok & George Weston
Harneys senior leadership appointments
Freeths—Keith Browne & Jim Jordan
Freeths strengthens London Construction and Engineering practice with two strategic senior hires
Anthony Collins—Laura Moss
Anthony Collins announces strategic hire to deepen skills base in the social business sector
NEWS
More than 100 teams from the legal and financial services sectors competed in five sports at the 51st Law Society RFC Festival of Sport earlier this month
Part-time status need only be an effective cause of less favourable treatment, rather than the sole cause, the Supreme Court has held in Augustine v Data Cars
Britain’s new acknowledgement that Israel’s occupation is unlawful, and accompanying settlement-goods ban and sanctions, is significant but overdue, argue Danny Friedman KC and Victor Kattan in NLJ this week
New planning fee rises, wider trade union access rights and a service-by-email trap feature in Stephen Gold’s latest Civil Way
Existing defamation law can respond to AI ‘hallucinations’, but allocating responsibility will prove harder where outputs reach users without human intervention
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