Private Client
Wills, Trusts, and Estates
October 8th
Aberdeen
Private Client One Day Special
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Wills, Trusts and Estates: best practice, identifying risk and avoiding claims
October 8th
9:30am - 12:30pm
Speaker: Alan Eccles
This session will provide a blueprint for best practice in wills, trusts and estates matters which will not only improve client service but also help solicitors identify and manage risk. The seminar will also recognise the challenges and risks that can stem from more complex family structures as well as wider family dynamics. The event will be of interest to all solicitors and advisers working on private client matters at all levels.
The discussion will cover topics and issues including:-
The event begins at 9:30am. Delegate registration is open from 9am.
Alan is a Partner in Brodies LLP, based in Glasgow. His work covers three main areas: charities, private client and parliamentary matters.
Alan's private client work covers estate planning including wills, executries, trusts and inheritance tax. He is the author of the Scotland chapter in the textbook International Succession. As part of his private client advice Alan often advises on incapacity law (powers of attorney, court appointed guardianship and other methods of managing the affairs of those less able to do so). This has involved acting in some of the leading Sottish cases on incapacity law and estate and succession planning. A regular commentator on incapacity law matters, Alan's written work has been referred to in judicial decision making. Of Alan's private client work, the Legal 500 notes that he "conveys complicated legal concepts with clarity and humour".
He was previously a member of the legal staff at the Scottish Law Commission and currently lectures at the University of Strathclyde in property, trusts and charities. Alan has also tutored private client law at the University of Glasgow.
Alan was a member of the Council of the Law Society of Scotland from 2007 to 2009 and the Society's Education and Training Committee from 2007 to 2012. He is currently a member of the Society's Charity Law and Mental Health and Disability Law Committees.
