Mayo Solicitors’ Bar Association CPD Webinar
2nd June 2022 | 2:30pm – 4:30pmCost: FREE to watch, €40 for CPD
Brought to you by the Mayo Solicitors’ Bar Association and Finders International, we are hosting a webinar providing interesting insights from relevant experts in the field.
We will be discussing:
- Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 Practical Guidelines and Applications for Discharge from Adult Wardship
- Research For Wards of Court cases
- Trusts for Vulnerable Individuals
This webinar is CPD accredited [2 CPD Points] – For further information on how to acquire CPD for this event, please read the further information below.
OUR SPEAKERS:
PATRICIA HICKEY
General Solicitor
Minors and Wards of Court
Patricia Hickey is the General Solicitor for Minors and Wards of Court and was appointed to this role in 2015. Prior to this appointment, she worked for 10 years as a Senior Solicitor in the Office of the General Solicitor. Before specialising in the areas of Elder Law, Vulnerable Adults and Minors and Wardship and Mental Health law and as a solicitor, in general practice.
She is a member of Law Society Mental Health & Capacity Task Force, the DSBA Mental Health and Capacity Committee, DSBA Probate and Taxation Committee, Mentor with the Law Society Mentoring Programme and a member of Peru Children’s Charity Committee.
LORNA FLEMING
Private Client Manager
Finders International
Lorna is Private Client Manager with Finders International Ireland and is a well-known expert in the field of Probate Genealogy, having over 10 years experience tracing heirs to estates. Lorna’s attention to detail ethos underpins her genealogical research and her favourite place is the Registry of Deeds.
Lorna has diverse experience from work in education, healthcare and finance. All of her roles have had a focus oncustomer care and client management. Lorna is the go to person for legal professionals requiring research for probate or property matters.
ANDREA MCNAMARA
Private Client Manager
O’Connell Brennan
Andrea studied at University College Cork and was called to the Bar of Ireland in 2008. Andrea practised as a barrister for five years prior to joining O’Connell Brennan in 2013. Andrea qualified as a solicitor in 2014.
Andrea specialises in personal estate and tax planning, wills and succession, trusts (both domestic and international), the administration of estates and contentious probate and trust issues. She advises individuals and families on asset protection, asset structuring and the transfer of assets by gift or inheritance. Andrea also advises charities and non-profit organisations and donors in relation to philanthropic giving.
Andrea is also an Associate of the Institute of Taxation and a Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA) and a committee member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) Ireland.
FURTHER INFORMATION:
This event is FREE to register and watch but to acquire a CPD certification, you are required to pay €40 to Mayo Solicitors Bar Association. Payment should be made via cheque. Once this is received, please contact Augusta to receive your CPD cert.
Please send your cheque to:
Gary Mulcrone
Treasurer Mayo Solicitor’s Bar Association
Gilvarry & Associates Solicitors
Unit 9, N5 Business Park
Moneen Road
Castlebar
County Mayo
For CPD certs, please email Augusta Tuohy at: [email protected]
For payment queries, please email Gary Mulcrone at: [email protected]
Cheques can be sent after you have watched the event. If you have any further questions regarding this event or, please do not hesitate to contact the event organisers at: [email protected].
ENTER THE RAFFLE:
If you are attending our event, enter the Finders International Raffle for the chance to win a high value prize. Every entry in our raffle will receive a Finders Goodie Bag and £1 will be donated to our chosen charity of 2022, The Peter McVerry Trust. You can read more about the homeless charity HERE.
To enter the raffle, please email your name and phone number to us at [email protected], quoting the event and ‘raffle entry’ into the subject line. The deadline for this is 5:00pm on the 3rd March 2022.
For those with hearing impairments, we can provide a subtitled version of the event. We can also provide translated subtitles in your chosen language. To request this, please contact us at: [email protected]
