Target audience:
Experienced IFAs, life office staff and accountants.

Overview:
This course is intended to update practitioners on the forthcoming changes created by the Mental Capacity Act. It will look at both the implications for existing clients and the planning opportunities.

Key course content:

	Definition of Capacity
	Best interests
	Informal decision making
	Formal decision making powers
	Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPA)
	Court of Protection
	Impact on IHT planning
	Impact on existing EPAs / advance life directives
	Working with professional connections