Lasting powers of attorney: What can we expect?

Michelmores LLP | September 2022 #236
Holly Mieville-Hawkins gives the heads up on changes to lasting power of attorney laws The OPG is going to explore how the roles of certificate provider and witness may be merged, without undermining the critical safeguards provided by the role(s). The concept of a power of attorney is not a new one. Powers of attorney …

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Mental capacity: A history of local authority interventions

Denzil Lush | May 2022 #233
Denzil Lush sheds light on the origins of local authority involvement in mental incapacity proceedings Commissioner Murray was wrong in believing that Cohen’s was the first case of its kind. An almost identical petition had been filed 30 years earlier in 1811, in the matter of Ann Pettman. The primary purpose of this article is …

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