Re RM [2016] EWCOP 25 (Fam)
Wills & Trusts Law Reports | September 2016 #162In 2014 Roy and his wife had each executed a Lasting Power of Attorney (‘LPA’) for property and financial affairs in which they appointed their spouse, son (Philip), and daughter (Sue) jointly and severally to be their attorneys and an LPA for health and welfare in which they appointed Sue to be their sole attorney. Roy’s wife died in August 2015 following which the Office of the Public Guardian (‘OPG’) received a complaint about Sue’s conduct and opened a formal investigation. A Court of Protection (‘CoP’) general visitor visited both Roy ...
Re AB (Revocation of Enduring Power of Attorney) [2014] EWCOP 12
Wills & Trusts Law Reports | October 2014 #143AB was born in 1932, resides in a care home and has dementia. In June 2007 she signed an EPA appointing her nephews MD and WD to be her attorneys on a joint and several basis. In September 2007 the EPA was registered.
In March 2007 MD and WD bought a property for AB to live in. They charged her rent for the six months that she lived there and she also paid the refurbishment costs of the work carried out by MD.
In January 2013 Brent Council wrote to the OPG expressing concerns about arrears of £23,000 in care home fees.
An investigation by the OPG showed that in Fe...