How does the court approve retrospective payments to attorneys who have exceeded their powers? Geoffrey Kertesz and Helen Fry discuss ‘The case is an emphatic reminder of the need to choose an attorney with the ability (and inclination) to engage fully with their duties.’ The Court of Protection in Re HH [2018] has returned to …
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Wills & Trusts Law Reports | Summer 2018 #172The applicant, TH, the donee of an enduring power of attorney for the property and
affairs of his father, HH, applied for retrospective approval of payments and gifts
made between 2011 and 2017 in the sums of £88,366 in favour of the applicant and
his family, and £15,196 in favour of his brother JH, the first respondent, and his family.
JH opposed approval of all sums save for £30,000.
HH lacked capacity and was unable to participate in any meaningful way in
decisions about his welfare or property or affairs. He required constant care from
August 2010. TH provided sporadic ...
Howard Smith summarises the position on the bestowing of gifts and other benefits when a person lacks capacity ‘In each case the deputy or the attorney must decide whether the size of any proposed gift is reasonable given the occasion on which the gift is made and the size of the estate.’ In cases where …
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Jonathan Grogan sets out the current position on gifts from deputies and attorneys to themselves ‘While an attorney who is related to or connected with a person who lacks mental capacity is allowed to make gifts to themselves on customary occasions, a deputy would always need to seek Court of Protection approval for any gifts …
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Wills & Trusts Law Reports | October 2013 #133The public guardian made an application to enforce a security bond of £44,300 in respect of unauthorised gifts made by the late Mrs Joan Treadwell’s deputy for property and financial affairs, Colin Lutz, who was her son from her first marriage. She had five children in total all from her first marriage.
At the age of 58 in 1984 Mrs Treadwell married her third husband William Treadwell, who had two daughters of his own: Joanna Wildgoose and Emma Treadwell.
In 2005 Mrs Treadwell was diagnosed as having Alzheimer’s disease and entered a nursing home. Mr Lutz was ap...
Jo Summers examines new guidance for banks on controlling money for someone else ‘The framework is not binding and it is not a formal code of conduct. It uses a mixture of legal summary and guidance to help banks determine best practice, although some issues are left unresolved.’ After many years’ negotiation, ‘a framework for …
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Wills & Trusts Law Reports | June 2013 #130The applicants, GM’s deputies for property and affairs, sought retrospective approval of various gifts they had made from GM’s funds to themselves, their family and friends and also to several charities. Additionally, they sought retrospective approval of their purported deputyship expenses.
From GM’s estate, which amounted to just under £500,000 at the time of their appointment, it was found that the applicants had made gifts totalling £231,259.50, £55,856 and £48,396.50 of which were made respectively to themselves. £57,352 had been donated to nine charities.
