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Assessing Mental Capacity
2025-05-21 13:00 - 14:00 UTC | Online
A practical webinar aimed at understanding the principles of mental capacity and how to assess capacity for clients who may lack the capacity to make their own decisions.
By the end of these sessions you will be able to:

Demonstrate an understanding of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the legal framework, including:

Definition of Mental Capacity
The test for Capacity

Demonstrate an understanding of when to consider a client’s mental capacity and the illnesses which may affect decision making
Apply the test of Capacity
Demonstrate an understanding of capacity to instruct a practitioner
Identify, through the use of practical examples, how to determine a lack of mental capacity
Work out what to include in your file and attendance notes
Identify when to instruct an expert to undertake a mental capacity assessment.

Extensive notes will be provided and time will be set aside for delegate questions
Please note, the course fee is per person.
All sessions are recorded and available on demand if you are unable to join live. Please book your place and the recording will be circulated 48 hours after the live session to review on-demand.
Please note, the course fee is per person.
All sessions are recorded and available on demand if you are unable to join live. Please book your place and the recording will be circulated 48 hours after the live session to review on-demand.
Dates:

Wednesday 21st May

Who Should Attend
All practitioners
Level
Beginner and Intermediate

What’s next for the Wills Act and how will it affect practice?
2025-06-18 10:00 - 11:00 | Online
This 1 hour webinar looks at the current proposals for reform to the Wills Act 1837 and the potential implications for practice.
By the end of this session, you will be able to:

Understand where we are now with the Law Commission Wills Project and the reform to the Wills Act 1837.
Apply the areas you need to know to help prepare you for any possible changes to the Wills Act.
Identify and explain the reforms consulted on.
Demonstrate an understanding of the 2023 supplementary consultation.
Interpret what’s next for the Wills Act and a possible timeframe for implementation of any changes.

Extensive notes will be provided and time will be set aside for delegate questions
Please note, the course fee is per person.
All sessions are recorded and available on demand if you are unable to join live. Please book your place and the recording will be circulated 48 hours after the live session to review on-demand.
Dates:

Wednesday 18th June 2025, 10am (1 hour)

Who Should Attend

Who is this webinar suitable for? All Practitioners and support staff involved in Will Writing, Estate Planning and the administration of estate, including any practitioners wishing to understand the validity of Wills and the proposals for reform to the Wills Act.

Level

Suitable for all levels of experience.

Speaker
Scott Walker – Consultant Private Client Solicitor at Richard Nelson LLP

Overcoming Challenges when working within Wills and Probate
2025-07-16 11:00 - 12:00 | Online
Brought to you by Scott Walker and Today’s Training, this 1 hour webinar looks at how to overcome common problems encountered when helping clients in the area of Wills and Probate.
In this challenging area of law there are many pitfalls to ensure you not only act in the best interests of your clients, but ensure you remain compliant and up to date with latest case law and precedent. In this training session Scott will explore common problems including:

Nil Rate Band Discretionary Trusts – An overview of such trust and what to do if you come across one.
How to handle difficult executors – renunciation, power reserved, caveats, citations and the removal of executors.

Extensive notes will be provided and time will be set aside for delegate questions
Please note, the course fee is per person.
All sessions are recorded and available on demand if you are unable to join live. Please book your place and the recording will be circulated 48 hours after the live session to review on-demand.
Date:

Wednesday 16th July 2025, 11am (1 hour)

Who Should Attend

Practitioners involved with the preparation of Wills and Lasting Powers of Attorney, as well as those involved with estate administration.

Level

Suitable for all levels of experience.

Speaker
Scott Walker – Consultant Private Client Solicitor at Richard Nelson LLP

Remember a Charity – How to avoid getting into disputes where there is a charity beneficiary and how to resolve issues once they have arisen
2025-09-09 15:00 - 16:00
FREE Event
Disputes covered will include: Error in charity name, ambiguity in the gift, validity challenges, ADR.
Stephanie Kerr and Sophie Inchley talk us through this crucial topic; exploring both how to prevent disputes and how to resolve issues should they arise. Topics to be covered include errors, ambiguities and will challenges, as well as routes to resolution such as ADR.

Overcoming Challenges when drafting LPAs – An LPA Masterclass series.
2025-09-17 11:00 - 2025-10-22 12:00 | Online
Brought to you by Scott Walker and Today’s Training, in this miniseries of Masterclasses, you will learn how to draft LPAs that demonstrate real value to your clients. We will seek to overcome some of the common challenges that we face when advising clients about LPAs, so that our clients will see us as their trusted advisor, recommend us and instruct us time and time again.
By the end of this session, you will be able to:-

Identify what instructions to take from clients to effectively draft their LPAs.
Apply the test of Mental Capacity to make LPAs.
Write Instructions and Preferences in an LPA, including some common clauses and challenges.
Demonstrate an understanding of Business LPAs and when they are needed.
Build an understanding of Health and Welfare decisions.
Interpret the differences between advance decisions and a health and welfare LPA.
Understand how advance decisions and health and welfare LPAs interact and which is best to use.
Identify what information and advice to give to attorneys.
Navigate the changes to LPAs under the Powers of Attorney Act 2023.

Please note, the course fee is per person.
All sessions are recorded and available on demand if you are unable to join live. Please book your place and the recording will be circulated 48 hours after the live session to review on-demand.
Who Should Attend

Practitioners involved with the preparation of Wills and Lasting Powers of Attorney.

Level

Suitable for all levels of experience.

Dates

Wednesday 17th September 11am
Wednesday 24th September 11am
Wednesday 8th October 11am
Wednesday 15th October 11am
Wednesday 22nd October 11am

Speaker
Scott Walker – Consultant Private Client Solicitor at Richard Nelson LLP

How To Convert Telephone Enquiries From Potential Clients Into Profitable Business.
2025-09-26 11:00 - 12:00 | Online
Discover The Opportunities You Are Missing Everyday!
How many new business enquiries from potential new clients do you get every day / month / year by telephone?
Do you know your conversion rate of these enquiries into profitable business?
What if you knew the ‘secrets’ to massively increasing your conversion success rates?
For the last 40 years Ian Cooper, has shown hundreds of legal firms how to guarantee a significant increase in conversion rates from their telephone enquiries. Some firms have doubled their conversion rates, generating huge amounts of extra revenue a year, all without spending anymore on marketing!
In this thought provoking, anecdotal and pragmatic presentation, Ian Cooper will make you challenge your existing methods, mindset and strategy and reveal:

How much you could win and how much you are losing right now.
The results of his surveys into this topic.
The traps most firms fall into.
His ‘5 Step System’ to improve conversion rates.
The ‘magic’ question you must ask your caller early in the call.
The 1 key question you must ask at the end.
How to win the job, even when you are more expensive!

Speaker
Ian Cooper (Former Professor)

Mastering the Secrets of Wills : Strategies to Attract Clients and Deliver Unmatched Value
2025-10-01 11:00 - 12:00 | Online
With a large proportion of the UK population dying intestate, what prevents people from making Wills or keeping them updated? The Wills market has for a long time been in a state of flux. The many different options for making a Will is confusing for the consumer and we therefore need to work harder to stand out from the competition.
In this Webinar, brought to you by Scott Walker and Today’s Training, we will delve into why people don’t make Wills and learn how we can market our services more effectively by understanding what drives people to make a Will and what stops them from doing so.
By the end of this session, you will be able to:

Understand why people don’t make Wills or get it wrong.
Identify how to market our services in today’s competitive world.
Demonstrate an understanding of the real value of legal advice.
Interpret the mindset shift that our potential clients need regarding making a Will and how to communicate it.
Navigate the pricing conundrum.

Extensive notes will be provided and time will be set aside for delegate questions
Please note, the course fee is per person.
All sessions are recorded and available on demand if you are unable to join live. Please book your place and the recording will be circulated 48 hours after the live session to review on-demand.
Dates:

Wednesday 1st October 2025, 11am

Who Should Attend

Partners, Fee earners, paralegals and support staff working within Private Client, as well as those fee earners involved in business development and marketing.

Level

All Levels

Speaker
Scott Walker – Consultant Private Client Solicitor at Richard Nelson LLP

Common Will Trusts and their Tax Treatment
2025-11-12 11:00 - 2025-11-19 12:00 | Online
This two part series of webinars will explain the most common types of Will Trusts that are likely to be encountered by practitioners, when they might be used and the tax treatment of each Will trust.
By the end of this session, you will be able to:-

Explain and identify the different types of Will Trust.
Choose which Will Trust will be most appropriate for a client’s circumstances.
Demonstrate an understand of the tax treatment of such trusts when drafting Wills or when such trusts are encountered during the estate administration process.

Please note, the course fee is per person.
All sessions are recorded and available on demand if you are unable to join live. Please book your place and the recording will be circulated 48 hours after the live session to review on-demand.
Who Should Attend

All practitioners

Level

Beginner and intermediate

Dates

Wednesday 12th November 11am
Wednesday 19th November 11am

Speaker
Scott Walker – Consultant Private Client Solicitor at Richard Nelson LLP

An introduction to Trusts and Taxation - 5 Part Series
2026-01-21 12:00 - 2026-02-18 13:00 | Online
Trusts can sometimes be overlooked as an option for lifetime planning and their uses within estates, however when prepared properly these can be great tools in a practitioner’s armoury to ensure that a client’s needs are met.
Problems can arise however if the trust is not drafted properly, and this has led to cases where the objectives of the trust may not be met, or beneficiaries have lost out.
Tax complications can also cause problems and full advice and careful drafting should be done at the start to ensure the objectives of the trust are being met.
This seminar series will steer you on the right path and provide practical advice and processes to enable you to advise clients and navigate through the minefield of trust management.
What You Will Learn:

The most common types of trust
The tax implications of Trusts
Case law
Trust drafting- layout, standard clauses to include, and practical tips
Common drafting errors to look out for
Winding up a trust- the pitfalls.
The TRS and the registration process

Who Should Attend:
This course is suitable for fee earners and support staff of all levels working or starting in the area of Trusts, whether setting them up in someone’s lifetime or managing them in a Will, or on death.
Level:
All levels can benefit from this seminar
Dates:

Wednesday 21st January 2026 12pm
Wednesday 28th January 2026 12pm
Wednesday 4th February 2026 12pm
Wednesday 11th February 2026 12pm
Wednesday 18th February 2026 12pm

Overcoming Challenges when drafting LPAs – An LPA Masterclass series.
2026-04-09 10:00 - 2026-05-07 11:00
In this 5 part miniseries of Masterclasses, you will learn how to draft LPAs that demonstrate real value to your clients. We will seek to overcome some of the common challenges that we face when advising clients about LPAs, so that our clients will see us as their trusted advisor, recommend us and instruct us time and time again.

Assessing Mental Capacity
2026-05-27 10:00 - 10:30
A practical webinar aimed at understanding the principals of mental capacity and how to assess capacity for clients who may lack the capacity to make their own decisions.

Wills That Win Clients: Practical Strategies to Add Value and Stand Out
2026-07-22 10:00 - 11:00
With a large proportion of the UK population dying intestate, what prevents people from making Wills or keeping them updated? The Wills market has for a long time been in a state of flux. The many different options for making a Will is confusing for the consumer and we therefore need to work harder to stand out from the competition.
In this Webinar, we will delve into why people don’t make Wills and learn how we can market our services more effectively by understanding what drives people to make a Will and what stops them from doing so.
By the end of this session, you will be able to: –

Understand why people don’t make Wills or get it wrong.
Identify how to market our services in today’s competitive world.
Demonstrate an understanding of the real value of legal advice.
Interpret the mindset shift that our potential clients need regarding making a Will and how to communicate it.
Navigate the pricing conundrum.

Practical Probate: Managing Client Expectations and Practitioner Wellbeing in a Challenging Legal Landscape.
2026-09-16 10:00 - 12:00
Probate practice can be deeply rewarding, but it is also increasingly demanding. Practitioners are often managing grieving clients, complex family dynamics, administrative delays, rising expectations and heavy caseloads, all while trying to deliver a calm, professional and compassionate service. This practical session will explore how legal professionals can better manage client expectations, reduce unnecessary friction and protect their own wellbeing in what can feel like a challenging and emotionally demanding area of practice.
By the end of this session, you will be able to:-

Set expectations and maintain client confidence in a delays-heavy probate landscape
Explain common pinch points and typical causes of delay in probate and estate administration.
Use practical communication strategies to keep clients informed, reassured, and realistic.
Protect wellbeing while handling emotionally and procedurally demanding matters
Recognise common stressors specific to probate work (delay, conflict, bereavement, complaints pressure).
Implement simple, realistic strategies for boundaries, workload management, and emotional resilience.

Overcoming Challenges when drafting LPAs – An LPA Masterclass series.
2026-10-01 10:00 - 2026-10-29 11:00
In this miniseries of Masterclasses, you will learn how to draft LPAs that demonstrate real value to your clients. We will seek to overcome some of the common challenges that we face when advising clients about LPAs, so that our clients will see us as their trusted advisor, recommend us and instruct us time and time again.
