Re KJP [2016] EWCOP 6

Wills & Trusts Law Reports | May 2016 #159

This 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...

Ross v A [2015] EWCOP 46

Wills & Trusts Law Reports | April 2016 #158

A, who was 18 years old, had received £5,000,000 in settlement of a claim for clinical negligence which had left her with cerebral palsy, epilepsy, cortical blindness, severe intellectual impairment and extreme behavioural problems. She lived at home with her parents and siblings. A professional with 25 years’ experience, David Ross of Simpson Millar, Solicitors, was appointed by the Court of Protection as deputy for her property and affairs. B, who was A’s brother, had not progressed at primary school as well as he could have during the build up to the trial in the High Cour...