Advising vulnerable clients

Overview

At some point in their professional career, advisers are likely to be engaged with clients who could be deemed to be in a vulnerable state. This hour long seminar will introduce some of the key issues that professionals need to be aware of when dealing with individuals whose judgement may be affected by mental or emotional

influences. It will also suggest guidance to help advisers mitigate the risks involved whilst still delivering sound advice.

Learning objectives

At the end of this event, the delegate will be able to identify:

• what constitutes a vulnerable person

• the importance of testamentary capacity

• best practice and professional standards

• ways of mitigating the professional risks of advising vulnerable clients.

Speaker biography

Kings Court Trust is one of the UK’s leading estate administration specialists. Our team of legal, tax and estate administration experts have helped over 6,000 deal with the estates of their loved ones, distributing over £1 billion in assets to the beneficiaries.

We work alongside professional advisers such as IFAs, accountants and will writers to ensure that their clients have access to a professional, quick and efficient estate administration service at their time of need.

Neil Naismith, Regional Estate Manager, Kings Court Trust

Neil started life in Scotland and emigrated to South Africa at the age of 16. After graduating from University he embarked on a banking career which was cut short by affirmative action when democracy landed in RSA.

It was then that Neil up-skilled to become a financial adviser and was the principle within a small firm in Johannesburg until 1999 when the escalating violence in South Africa meant that his young family returned to the UK.

He then had 11 successful years as an IFA and mortgage broker before specialising in Estate Planning in 2010. He has worked as National Sales Manager for a large Estate Planning firm and headed up a Private Client department for a Hertfordshire firm of solicitors as well as running his own practice.

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