Re KJP [2016] EWCOP 6
Wills & Trusts Law Reports | May 2016 #159This was an application for permission to appeal against a decision of District Judge Mort authorising the revocation of an enduring power of attorney (EPA) in respect of the property and affairs of K.
K executed the EPA on 17 July 2007 appointing his two children (the attorneys) to be his attorneys with general authority to act on his behalf in relation to his property and affairs.
On 2 May 2013, the attorneys applied to the Office of the Public Guardian to register the EPA. This application was not opposed and the EPA was duly registered on 18 June 2013. However, by March...
Curtis & ors v Pulbrook & ors [2009] EWHC 782 (Ch)
Wills & Trusts Law Reports | November 2011 #114The claimants were the step-children of Arthur Ronald Towns (Mr Towns). Mr Towns had commenced the claim on 5 October 2007 and had died on 3 June 2008. The claimants were substituted for Mr Towns on 3 September 2008 as executors of his estate. Repayment was sought of sums totalling £127,000 said to have been withdrawn by the first defendant (Henry Pulbrook) from an account in the joint names of Mr Towns and his late wife Edith Anne Towns (Mrs Towns). The claimants were Mrs Towns’ children from her first marriage.
Each of the claimants and the defendants was a descendant of ...