Hearings
09 Jun 2023 [2023] EWCOP 24; [2024] Fam 1; [2023] 3 WLR 867; [2023] WLR(D) 249, Ct of Protection (Hayden J)
In re Public Guardian’s Severance Applications
Subject Matter
POWER OF ATTORNEY — Lasting power of attorney — Validity — Scope of donor’s power to create lasting power of attorney — Whether lawful to give attorney primary power over other attorneys — Whether lawful to appoint attorneys to deal with separately defined areas of donor’s affairs — Whether lawful to appoint attorneys to act on majority basis — Whether lawful to appoint attorney to replace replacement attorney — Mental Capacity Act 2005 (c 9), ss 9, 10, Sch 1, para 11
[2023] EWCOP 24; [2024] Fam 1; [2023] 3 WLR 867; [2023] WLR(D) 249, Ct of Protection
Legislation Considered
Statutes
Cases Considered
Cases considered in: In re Public Guardian’s Severance Applications [2023] EWCOP 24; [2024] Fam 1; [2023] 3 WLR 867; [2023] WLR(D) 249, Ct of Protection
Public Guardian v DA [2018] EWCOP 26; [2019] Fam 27; [2018] 3 WLR 2017; [2018] WLR(D) 608, Ct of Protection Applied
Miles v Public Guardian [2015] EWHC 2960 (Ch); [2015] COPLR 676, Ct of Protection Dicta of Nugee J, paras 19, 22 applied
Public Guardian v Boff [2013] COPLR 653, Ct of Protection Considered
Cases Cited
Cases cited in: In re Public Guardian’s Severance Applications [2023] EWCOP 24; [2024] Fam 1; [2023] 3 WLR 867; [2023] WLR(D) 249, Ct of Protection
Bogdanic v Secretary of State for Home Department [2014] EWHC 2872 (QB); [2014] WLR (D) 401, QBD
Crook, In re (unreported) 2 July 2010, Ct of Protection
Davies, In re (unreported) 5 July 2010, Ct of Protection
Evans, In re (unreported) 24 November 2011, Ct of Protection
In re E (Enduring Power of Attorney) [2001] Ch 364; [2000] 3 WLR 1974; [2000] 3 All ER 1004; [2000] 1 FLR 882, Ch D
In re JG (Case No 12911940) [2017] EWCOP 10, Ct of Protection
Inco Europe Ltd v First Choice Distribution [2000] 1 WLR 586; [2000] 2 All ER 109; [2000] 1 All ER (Comm) 674; [2000] 1 Lloyd's Rep 467, HL(E)
KC, Re [2020] EWCOP 62, Ct of Protection
Miles v Public Guardian [2015] EWHC 2960 (Ch); [2015] COPLR 676, Ct of Protection
Pepper v Hart [1993] AC 593; [1992] 3 WLR 1032; [1993] ICR 291; [1993] 1 All ER 42; [1992] STC 898; 65 TC 421, HL(E)
Public Guardian v Boff [2013] COPLR 653, Ct of Protection
Public Guardian v DA [2018] EWCOP 26; [2019] Fam 27; [2018] 3 WLR 2017; [2018] WLR(D) 608, Ct of Protection
R (Project for the Registration of Children as British Citizens) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] UKSC 3; [2023] AC 255; [2022] 2 WLR 343; [2022] 4 All ER 95; [2022] INLR 189; [2022] WLR(D) 65, SC(E)
R (Quintavalle) v Secretary of State for Health [2003] UKHL 13; [2003] 2 AC 687; [2003] 2 WLR 692; [2003] 2 All ER 113, HL(E)
Spillers Ltd v Cardiff (Borough) Assessment Committee [1931] 2 KB 21, DC
Williams, In re (unreported) 16 November 2011, Ct of Protection
XZ v The Public Guardian [2015] EWCOP 35, Ct of Protection
Cases citing
Cases citing: In re Public Guardian’s Severance Applications [2023] EWCOP 24; [2024] Fam 1; [2023] 3 WLR 867; [2023] WLR(D) 249, Ct of Protection
TA v Public Guardian [2023] EWCOP 63; [2024] 1 WLR 1723; [2024] WLR(D) 65, Ct of Protection