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Edinburgh law firm Quill Legal is working with local charity VOCAL (Voice of Carers Across Lothian) to offer a pro bono service to provide powers of attorney to unpaid carers and those they care for. Partner Kay Blaikie has supported carers at the charity's Edinburgh Carers' Hub twice a month since

Sections 15, 16 and 16A of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 require that the solicitor certifying capacity has interviewed the granter immediately before the granter subscribed the document. We appreciate that, given the current situation, solicitors may not be able to meet clients, or

Rising dementia rates have prompted calls for Scots to get their affairs in order as they enter old age, The Herald reports. The number of people with dementia is expected to rise by 50 per cent in the next two decades.