Re A [2023] WTLR 1195
Wills & Trusts Law Reports | Winter 2023 #193On 9 May 2014, the Adult granted a continuing and welfare power of attorney in favour of her son and one of her daughters (who consented to be attorneys) (the First PoA). A statutory certificate confirming the Adult’s capacity to grant the First PoA was signed by her solicitor. The First PoA was registered by the Office for the Public Guardian (OPG) on 21 June 2014.
On 17 November 2020, a consultant psychiatrist diagnosed the Adult with early Alzheimer’s Dementia, and assessed the Adult as having a short-term memory of 5-10 minutes. The psychiatrist gave evidence that the Adult wa...