Our director Sheree Green has contributed a guest post to this month’s 39 Essex Chambers mental capacity newsletter to be found here. Sheree flags recent events that impact on the ease of obtaining security bonds, a necessary precursor to the issue of deputyship orders by the Court of Protection. …
Lasting Powers of Attorney – dos and don’ts
A recent decision in the Court of Protection [Re Public Guardian's Severance Applications [2023] EWCOP 24] has clarified what can and can’t be achieved when making a lasting power of attorney (LPA). What you cannot do: Appoint Bill and Ted jointly and severally, but then create a hierarchy – …
All change for new deputyship appointments!
On 1st April 2023 the Office of the Public Guardian launched a new scheme for arranging a deputy security bond. (The bond is an insurance policy that protects the assets of the person whose affairs and property the deputy is managing). Read Sheree’s guest article in the May 2023 Property and …
