CHAPTER ONE – INTRODUCTION What Is the Primary Threat to Your Loved One’s Finances? It is famously said that sometimes the best hiding place is the one that’s in plain sight. Sadly, it is estimated that millions of older adults experience financial abuse each year, and the financial losses associated with […]
CHAPTER ONE – DEVELOPMENT OF FEED LAW Introduction In this introductory chapter, we briefly examine the development of United Kingdom (UK) law relating to animal feed and how it has gradually evolved to form the somewhat complex set of provisions we see today. The end of the nineteenth century and […]
CHAPTER TWO – CHOICES AVAILABLE Available options Assisting suicide DNACPR Resource allocation Discharge from hospital Compulsion Introduction The core of this book is about how patients (and doctors) make choices about medical treatment (and, by extension, when and how decisions should be made in the “best interests” of patients who […]
CHAPTER TWO – WHAT IS PROTEST? Protest is the expression or demonstration of dissent or objection. Protest has existed for as long as humans have held opinions and power over each other. It has accompanied every great change in history. Talking of nonviolent direct action, Martin Luther King (in Why We […]
CHAPTER ONE – THE JURISDICTION OF THE FAMILY COURT AND THIRD PARTY INTERESTS It is an established fact that any dispute between a spouse and a third party regarding the beneficial ownership of property can be adjudicated in financial remedy proceedings. As stated by Lord Denning MR in Tebbutt v Haynes […]
CHAPTER ONE – AN OVERVIEW OF STROKE Purpose and core issues This book focuses on strokes affecting the brain rather than the spine (although the principles are the same) which is outside the scope of this text. This chapter is designed to provide an understanding of stroke and to become accustomed […]
CHAPTER TWO – WHAT IS A MANAGER? I think it is fair to say that most people, when asked what a manager of a block of flats was, would come up with something along the lines of a managing agent: a person who takes on the responsibility of managing the repairs, […]
CHAPTER TWO – TENANCIES WHICH ARE PROTECTED BY THE LTA 1954 Section 23(1) LTA 1954 states that ‘Subject to the provisions of this Act, this Part of this Act applies to any tenancy where the property comprised in the tenancy is or includes premises which are occupied by the tenant […]
CHAPTER ONE – THE SCOTTISH DEFINITION OF FRAUD The classic definition of fraud is relevant to all aspects of fraud in personal injury actions. It is therefore important to understand the definition and what is required to establish fraud in Scotland. John Erskine [Inst, III,I,16] and George Joseph Bell [Principles, para […]
CHAPTER TWO – THE DECISION-MAKING AUTHORITY OF A PROPERTY AND AFFAIRS DEPUTY Introduction This book does not address the decision-making authority of a deputy for health and welfare matters. Through practice, and following the decision in Re Lawson, Mottram and Hopton (appointment of personal welfare deputies)[1], they remain relatively rare. More […]
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