Wills & Trusts Law Reports | Spring 2022 #186P had had a series of professional deputies, each seeking to be discharged on the basis of an irretrievable breakdown in relations with P’s family, particularly AR, P’s father.
Earlier proceedings in the Court of Protection (see [2019] EWCOP 15) concluded with an order appointing K as property and affairs deputy for P. By an application dated 13 August 2020, K applied to be discharged as deputy, and for the appointment of another panel deputy instead. That application was refused on paper in October 2020, but K sought reconsideration of his application. On 10 December 2020 the cou...
Kambli indicates that the Court of Protection will explore alternative measures before agreeing to a deputy’s application to be discharged. Alex Cisneros discusses the court’s approach and its effect Discharging a deputy is not a step that would be taken lightly and professional deputies should not expect to step aside merely because they consider it …
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