Welcome to Matheson’s Private Client podcast series in
which members of the Private Client Department provide updates on
recent law and tax changes and other issues impacting private
clients and those advising them.
What the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act
2015 Will Mean for Financial Professionals
In this episode Paraic Madigan, head of the Private Client
Department, Joe Beashal, partner in the Financial Institutions
Group and head of the Regulatory Risk Management and Compliance
team, and Lydia McCormack, a senior associate of the Private Client
Department discuss the Assisted Decision Making Capacity Act 2015
(the ''Act''). The podcast focuses on the
impact of the Act for financial bodies and intermediaries and is
aimed at those working in, or advising on, the financial sector. In
particular it focuses on what it will mean for financial bodies if
they are considered “interveners” under the Act and how
financial bodies will manage a potentially
