Philippa's EDP Homes24 Column
Principal Philippa Rudd has been writing a regular column for the Homes24 property supplement of the Eastern Daily Press for over three years now. In that time she has covered a vast number of legal issues surrounding the buying and selling of houses.
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Elderly person's capacity
My mother wishes to sell her
house and move in with my
sister. My mother is forgetful
and confused sometimes, but
she totally understands the
need to sell the house and she
totally trusts my sister and me.
However, our family solicitor is
being very difficult and
insisting on a letter from her
GP to confirm that my mother
has the necessary capacity to
instruct him. This seems to be
going far too far. Is it really
necessary?
January 6, 2012
A harmless gift or a bribe?
I am an estate agent and
every Christmas I have enjoyed
the odd case of wine from local
solicitors to whom I have
passed clients over the year.
This year one of them told me
that I wouldn’t be getting any
wine this Christmas due to the
new Bribery Act. Please tell me that he was joking?
December 9, 2011
> More EDP columns from Philippa (please note that the advice given was correct at the time of going to press but may no longer be relevant in law).
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