Office of the Public Guardian Lasting Power of Attorney. The function of the Office of the Public Guardian is to protect people who don’t have the ability to make their own decisions (i.e. lack mental capacity). It maintains the registers of Lasting and Enduring Powers of Attorney and also of court orders appointing Deputies. To make a Lasting …
Social Workers Error Costs Council This is the horrible tale of a pensioner removed from her home illegally by Social Workers with no authority whatever, and against her families’ wishes. What is even more frightening is that many solicitors and other legal advisers recommend that people only take out the Property and Financial Affairs Lasting …
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Mental Capacity Act: Court of Protection or Star Chamber? The most sinister court in Britain strikes yet again. The shadowy Court of Protection’s treatment of a 72-year-old grandmother is a national scandal, says Christopher Booker. Time for an intelligent review of the Mental Capacity Act he says. Read the story here. It is important. Then …
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