Private Client
International Succession
May 16th
Virtual Seminar
The Mysteries of International Succession - Wish You Were There?
May 16th
2 - 5pm
Speakers: Alan Eccles and guests
Virtual Seminar
Individuals and families are becoming increasingly global and can often move from country to country. Whether a result of family/work commitments,retirement or even just a desire for a ‘place in the sun’, parts of families can end up in various corners of the globe. It is therefore becoming even more important for Scottish private client advisers to stay up to date with key international succession issues and indeed ensure you can identify and protect yourself and your firm from any risk factors which may arise when advising clients.
This virtual seminar will include the following areas:
While coming at the issue from a Scottish perspective, the session will also include overviews of some other key jurisdictions and with insight from Guest Speakers who are private client solicitors in those jurisdictions.
The event begins at 2pm. Delegate registration is open from 1:30pm.
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.
