Legal Support Services is a company specialising in professional training and consultancy for solicitors, accountants and financial advisers, on all aspects of advising the Older Client.

The company was founded by Tish Hanifan. Tish is a Barrister with over 20 years’ experience in the field of the older client and is a leading authority this field, lecturing, training, consulting and writing extensively in this area. She was called to the Bar at Grays Inn in 1984.

Tish trains, lectures and consults throughout the UK to professionals from many of the leading financial institutions, accountancy and solicitors firms and specialist groups.

She is also actively involved in working with the financial services sector to ensure best practice in advising the Older Client. She has sat on both the Financial Services Authority working party and the Financial Skills Council steering group considering regulation of Long Term Care Insurance.
She helped to produce both the Appropriate Exam Standards and the Appropriate Advice standard for LTC (National Occupational Standards)

In 2006 she has been a member of the Financial Services Skills Council working parties on both Generic Financial Advice and Appropriate Exam Standards for Home Reversion Plans

Tish is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and sits on their Kent Committee.

She is a founder member and Board Director of Solicitors for the Elderly and is their Regional Co-ordinator for Kent where she lives.