Testamentary capacity: the issues. 30 June 2021

Event Focus

With very little guidance or industry training currently available on how to assess testamentary capacity, STEP invites you to this free one-hour session which will cover:

• Capacity – and the issues that affect it.
• Law – the legal tests of testamentary capacity (for example considering the Banks v Goodfellow test in contrast to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 – and how these tests are treated by courts).
• Practice – dealing with medics, matters to include in file notes, the importance of family trees and assessing clients.

Why attend?

The international panel of experts will discuss some of the key issues when undertaking a capacity assessment and how best to address them.

During the event, there will be interactive discussion where STEP is keen to hear members’ appetite and enthusiasm for the development and implementation of an online testamentary capacity assessment course which would include a standardised questionnaire. This online course would be a valuable educational tool for anyone required to interact with capacity assessments and is proposed to comprise a series of interlinked sessions provided by relevant experts including solicitors, counsel and medics providing detail on the capacity issues, the law and practice in a modular format. The course may be adapted for implementation across the common-law jurisdictions, and completion may provide CPD/accreditation.

Register below for this free webinar session on 30 June.

Moderator

• Claire van Overdijk TEP, Chair, STEP Mental Capacity Special Interest Group

Speakers

• Robin Jacoby, Oxford University
• Stephen Lawson TEP, FDR Law
• Alexander Learmonth QC TEP, New Square Chambers
• Dr Jane Lonie, Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist

Speaker biographies

CPD/CPE

This event will count towards an attendee's CPD/CPE requirement to their professional association. For those needing to measure CPD/CPE in hours, this event would qualify as 0.5 hours of CPD/CPE.

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Timings

• 08.30 Los Angeles, Vancouver
• 10:30 Mexico City
• 11.30 New York, Toronto
• 12.30 São Paulo
• 15:30 GMT/UTC
• 16.30 London (BST)
• 17.30 Berlin, Paris
• 19.30 Abu Dhabi
• 21.00 Delhi
• *Convert other timezones

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