Special needs financial planning : a comparative perspective /

Symposium on Special Needs Financial Planning (2017 : University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Law)

Special needs financial planning : a comparative perspective / edited by Lusina Ho, The University of Hong Kong; Rebecca Lee, The University of Hong Kong. - Cambridge, United Kingdom New York, NY, USA : 2019 - xxvii;368pages i

"Most of the chapters were presented as papers and discussed at a symposium held in October 2017 at the University of Hong Kong."--ECIP introduction.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Adult guardianship and other financial planning mechanisms for people with cognitive impairment in Australia / Terry Carney -- The role of guardianship in the special needs plan in Saskatchewan, Canada / James H. Gillis -- Japanese adult guardianship laws : developments and reform initiatives / Makoto Arai -- The use of trusts in Taiwan's adult guardianship system / Tai Yu-Zu -- Adult guardianship and powers of attorney and in England and Wales / Denzil Lush -- Supported decision-making and enduring powers : innovations in ireland / Áine Hynes -- Developments in enduring powers of attorney law in Australia / Trevor Ryan -- Financial planning mechanisms available to persons with special needs in Singapore / Tang Hang Wu -- What will happen when i'm gone? / Dana Katherine Birkes -- The Wispact trusts : making a difference in a means-tested support system / Roy Froemming -- SNTC's operational experience as Singapore's first non-profit trust company / Esther Tan and Amelia Leo -- A new perspective in adult guardianship and trusts in Korea / Cheolung JE -- Reforming enduring powers and launching a special needs trust in Hong Kong / Lusina Ho and Rebecca Lee.

9781108481205 (hardback : alk. paper) 9781108740449 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2019001278


People with disabilities--Law and legislation--Congresses.
People with disabilities--Finance, Personal--Congresses.
Guardian and ward--Economic aspects--Congresses.
Trusts and trustees--Congresses.
People with disabilities--Services for--Law and legislation--Congresses.

K637.A6 / S96 2019

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