Re AB (Revocation of Enduring Power of Attorney) [2014] EWCOP 12

Wills & Trusts Law Reports | October 2014 #143

AB was born in 1932, resides in a care home and has dementia. In June 2007 she signed an EPA appointing her nephews MD and WD to be her attorneys on a joint and several basis. In September 2007 the EPA was registered.

In March 2007 MD and WD bought a property for AB to live in. They charged her rent for the six months that she lived there and she also paid the refurbishment costs of the work carried out by MD.

In January 2013 Brent Council wrote to the OPG expressing concerns about arrears of £23,000 in care home fees.

An investigation by the OPG showed that in Fe...

Re MRJ, JT and KT v Suffolk County Council & anr Case no: 12256266

Wills & Trusts Law Reports | September 2014 #142

MRJ was born in 1932 and formally diagnosed with dementia in March 2009. In December 2011 her psychiatrist confirmed she had no capacity. Prior to moving into a care home at Christmas 2013 she had lived in sheltered accommodation.

On 3 March 2010 MRJ signed both a health and welfare and financial lasting powers of attorney appointing JT (her daughter) and KT (her grandson and JT’s son) jointly and severally. The attorneys applied to register the LPAs and the health and welfare LPA was registered on 11 June 2010.

There were technical defects with the financial LPA wh...