Re Paw [2015] EWCOP 57

Wills & Trusts Law Reports | December 2015 #155

This was the application by ARW for an order appointing himself and two others, SJ and BQ, jointly to be deputies for property and financial affairs of his wife PAW who was unable to make decisions relating to her property. SJ and BQ were relatives of PAW who were close to her. ARW’s health had deteriorated since the application had been made and he was suffering from dementia.

The application was opposed by IW, one of ARW and PAW’s sons. IW objected to ARW being a deputy on the basis that he could not remember continuity of facts. IW objected to SJ on the basis sh...

Mental Capacity Act 2005: The real cost of professional deputyships

Christine Bunting and Huw Ponting explain the need for a tailored approach ‘Deputyship costs can amount to many hundreds of thousands of pounds in the case of a young person with a good life expectancy, so they will form an important part of the schedule of loss.’The introduction of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) …
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