Wills & Trusts Law Reports | July/August 2014 #141The application was made by JS for appointment by the Court of Protection under s19(1) of the MCA 2005 as DB’s deputy in relation to her property and financial affairs. JS was DB’s daughter. KB was DB’s son. MP was a local solicitor appointed to the court as deputy for DB on 13 February 2013. That application was resolved finally, save for the question of costs, by HHJ Hodge QC on 6 September 2013. By order made on that date (which was consensual), it is recorded inter alia that JS agreed not to pursue her application to be appointed as DB’s property and affair...
Ruth Moore examines the Neary case, which concerned applications from the media for the hearing to be in the public domain ‘In Neary the judge took into account the facts that decisions must be made on a case-by-case basis and that the welfare of the patient is of paramount importance. If publicity is likely to …
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