SIG Spotlight 2019: Elder Financial Abuse - A Global Perspective 2019 | The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners | 22 November 2019 | Hilton London Bankside, 2-8, Great Suffolk St, London SE1 0UG, UK

This conference forms part of a day of special interest sessions comprising seven options. There will be a breakfast, three morning sessions and three afternoon sessions for you to choose from. Both STEP members and non-members are welcome!

Elder abuse is now recognised internationally as a pervasive and growing problem. Financial abuse of the elderly features heavily with increasing social pressures, fractured families, technological advances, and the use of internet banking all contributing to this issue. Although anyone can be at risk age, disability, cognitive impairment and poor mental health may make a person more vulnerable.

An international panel of speakers will cover legal, policy, regulatory and safeguarding issues that arise in this context from a global perspective with a spotlight on the challenges faced by the private client practitioner working in this area.

2019 Speakers

Kathleen Cunningham TEP
Executive Director, British Columbia Law Institute and Canadian Centre for Elder Law

Dr Gillian Dalley
Independent Researcher and Visiting Research Fellow, Brunel University and Lead Author

Mark Dunkley TEP
Partner, Shakespeare Martineau and Chair, STEP Mental Capacity Special Interest Group

Paul Greenwood
UK Solicitor and Deputy District Attorney San Diego-USA

Yee Hoong Chua
Partner-Private Client and Tax, Withers KhattarWong LLP

Bryan Mitchell TEP
Principal, Mitchells Solicitors

John Paterson
Chair, Adult Support and Protection Convenors Scotland

Bridget Penhale
Reader, Mental Health, Older People, University of East Anglia and Board Member, International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse

Ann Stanyer TEP
Partner, Wedlake Bell