By Celia Kitzinger, with Eleanor Tallon, 19 November 2023 Mrs King (a pseudonym) is the woman at the centre of this case. At 2pm, at the beginning of the hearing, she’s not in court. “We’ll just have to patiently wait, I’m afraid”, says the judge – and we do. It’s not until 2.30 that a carerContinue reading “Court cannot rely on remote capacity assessment”
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“This is a quagmire and it needs to be urgently done”: LPA objections, disputed capacity and an imperative need for a panel deputy
By Eleanor Tallon, 12th March 2023 Very little was revealed about the woman at the centre of this case – other than she has been living in a care home since the end of 2021, whilst her son remained living in her home. In June 2021, she had made a Power of Attorney for Property and AffairsContinue reading ““This is a quagmire and it needs to be urgently done”: LPA objections, disputed capacity and an imperative need for a panel deputy”
Promoting Open Justice in the Court of Protection 