Private Client
As one: all the trusts, succession and charities Acts
October 24th 2024
Virtual Seminar
As one: all the trusts, succession and charities Acts
October 24th 2024
10am - 1pm
Speaker: Alan Eccles
Virtual Seminar
We recently had the Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Act 2024. We had the Succession (Scotland) Act 2016; There has been charities legislation. Many things lead back to the Succession (Scotland) Act 1964. Wouldn't it be handy to look at these areas as if there was a single Act for each? This seminar seeks to consolidate the key rules and legislation from trusts, succession and charities and treat them as single, comprehensive units.
This virtual seminar will cover the following:
The event begins at 10am.
Alan's 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.
