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Older and Vulnerable Client Handbook 7th ed

Edited by: Caroline Bielanska

ISBN13: 9781784462789
Previous Edition ISBN: 9781784461294
To be Published: October 2026
Publisher: Law Society Publishing
Country of Publication: UK
Format: Paperback
Price: £95.00





The Older and Vulnerable Client Handbook provides comprehensive information and practical guidance to help practitioners navigate the legal and practical issues that arise when acting for older and vulnerable clients, as well as their appointed attorneys and deputies. Bringing together leading experts in the field, it offers an authoritative and up-to-date guide to the relevant law and practice.

The new edition has been fully revised to cover:

  • understanding vulnerability and the factors that place clients at risk of harm
  • digital lasting powers of attorney
  • digital deputyships
  • fees and benefits
  • predatory marriages
  • Law Society practice notes and guidance
  • NHS structures and continuing healthcare
  • social care funding
  • changes to the registration of deaths
  • significant recent case law.

The Older and Vulnerable Client Handbook (previously Elderly Client Handbook) is published with the Association of Lifetime Lawyers, and is an essential source of practical advice and guidance for both new and experienced practitioners.

Subjects:
Care Standards, Mental Health Law, Wills and Probate
Contents:
Part A: The Legal Framework
1. Capacity and best interests decision-making
2. Acting for the older client
3. The older client practice
4. Managing financial affairs
5. Legal proceedings
6. The older and vulnerable client, society and the law

Part B: Welfare and Medical Treatment
7. Social care policies
8. Care and support services
9. Commissioning care
10. Provision of healthcare
11. Health and welfare decisions
12. Mental health legislation

Part C: Finance and Benefits
13. Social security benefits
14. Local authority financial support
15. Other financial support
16. Financial matters

Part D: Inheritance and Death
17. Gifts
18. Testamentary dispositions and trusts
19. Death.