How to navigate the legal complexities when supporting clients with dementia

This 2-part series will address some of the challenges within the law when helping clients with dementia with legal services so that you feel confident in supporting their needs and ensuring you are compliant with your professional obligations.

It will dispense some of the popular myths surrounding the illness and consider how we can communicate better with clients who have dementia by asking the right questions.

In this webinar brought to you by Scott Walker and Today’s Training you will learn practical tips to take away and implement into your day-to-day work.:

• Understand what dementia is and what it is not
• Demonstrate how to meet the needs of vulnerable clients and support clients with dementia, as well as their families
• Manage conflicts of interest and identify who your client is
• Navigate the rules surrounding access and rights to personal information
• Understand the circumstances when access and disclosure of an incapacitated person’s will is permitted
• Recognise when it is the right time to register an Enduring Power of Attorney.

Extensive notes will be provided and time will be set aside for delegate questions

Please note, the course fee is per person.

All sessions are recorded and available on demand if you are unable to join live. Please book your place and the recording will be circulated 48 hours after the live session to review on-demand.

Dates:

• Wednesday 5th February 2025, 11am (1 hour)
• Wednesday 12th February 2025, 11am (1 hour)

Who Should Attend

• All practitioners

Level

• Beginner/Intermediate

Speaker

Scott Walker – Consultant Private Client Solicitor at Richard Nelson LLP

Wills & Probate Lawyer, Lecturer & Trainer and Professional Speaker, Scott is on a mission to inspire legal professionals to think differently so they can enjoy the law and make a difference in the lives of other people.

Now a Consultant Solicitor at Richard Nelson Solicitors, Scott also provides training to legal professionals, estate planners, firms, and their teams in all aspects of Private Client Law; Wills, Probate, Tax, Trusts, Court of Protection and Care Funding, He is also a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Law, based at the Bloomsbury Campus in London.

He has specialised in the area of Wills and Probate since 2007 and qualified as a solicitor in 2013. Scott is a full accredited member of the Association of Lifetime Lawyers as well as an Associate Member of the Professional Speaking Association.