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A Practitioner's Guide to Powers of Attorney, 7th edition

By John Thurston
Bloomsbury Professional (formerly Tottel Publishing) June 2010

Specifications

ISBN-13
9781847665072
Publisher
Bloomsbury Professional (formerly Tottel Publishing)
Publication
June 2010
Format
Paperback , 392 pages
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

A Practitioner’s Guide to Powers of Attorney, 7th edition, is a practical, userfriendly and easy to read guide to all forms of powers of attorney: ordinary powers of attorney; lasting powers of attorney; and enduring powers of attorney. Giving a detailed overview of the subject as a whole, this essential text will also provide you with in-depth advice on more specific and complex areas, including execution of documents and protection of third parties.

Fully up to date with the latest legislation and case law

This new 7th edition covers:

 

  • The revised prescribed forms for instruments creating lasting powers of attorney
  • The latest cases involving objections to registration of powers, interpretation of a limited lasting power and statutory wills
  • The Mental Capacity Act 2005: Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards – Code of Practice
  • Changes arising from the Mental Health Act 2007, including the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards provisions.


Essential Information at your fingertips

This is an invaluable handbook for solicitors, legal executives, accountants, will writers,licensed conveyancers, banks and building societies, and anyone who is acting under a power of attorney and needs to know their powers, duties and rights.

 

Table of Contents

  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: Mental Capacity Act 2005
  • Chapter 3: Lasting Powers of Attorney – Formalities, Registration, Revocation
  • Chapter 4: Enduring Powers of Attorney
  • Chapter 5: Ordinary Powers of Attorney
  • Chapter 6: Capacity of Donor and Donee
  • Chapter 7: Extent of the Authority
  • Chapter 8: Duties and Rights of Attorneys and Deputies
  • Chapter 9: Duration and Termination of Powers of Attorney
  • Chapter 10: Rights and Liabilities of Donor, Donee and Third Parties
  • Chapter 11: Protection of Third Parties and Subsequent Purchasers
  • Chapter 12: Execution of Documents, Conveyancing and Grants of Representation
  • Chapter 13: Deputies
  • Chapter 14: Wills
  • Chapter 15: Capacity and Power to Make Gifts
  • Chapter 16: Procedure in the Court of Protection

 

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