COURT OF PROTECTION AND OPG – RECENT CASES AND DEVELOPMENTS
This talk will look at cases of particular relevance to elderly client practitioners, including:
- When the Court might agree to vary a will to provide for a disabled beneficiary: LMS, Re (settlement of property into a trust) [2020] EWCOP 52
- What a deputy can charge for their work: Penntrust Ltd v West Berkshire District Council & Anor [2020] EWCOP 48 and PLK & Ors (Court of Protection: Costs) [2020] EWHC B28 and The Public Guardian v Riddle (No. 2) [2020] EWCOP 41
- When a deputy needs to go back to Court: ACC & Ors (property and affairs deputy; recovering assets costs for legal proceedings) [2020] EWCOP 9
- The OPG agenda: Modernising the LPA
Sheree Green, Director of Greenchurch Legal Services Limited