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26 March 2009
Issue: 7362 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , Mental health
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Enduring Powers of Attorney

Re J (enduring power of attorney) [2009] EWHC 436 (Ch), [2009] All ER (D) 150 (Mar)

Mr Justice Lewison gives detailed guidance on the provisions of the Mental Capacity Act 2005, which came into force on 1 October 2007 and held that para 20 of Sch 4 is engaged where an enduring power purports to appoint successive attorneys; it is important that the power makes clear whether, while they are acting, the attorneys are to act jointly, or jointly and severally.

 

Issue: 7362 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , Mental health
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

DWF—David Abbott & Claire Keat

DWF—David Abbott & Claire Keat

Senior appointments in insurance services and commercial services announced

Clyde & Co—Nick Roberts

Clyde & Co—Nick Roberts

Aviation disputes practice strengthened by London partner hire

Ellisons—Marion Knocker

Ellisons—Marion Knocker

Residential property lawyer promoted to partnership

NEWS
he abolition of assured shorthold tenancies and section 21 evictions marks the beginning of a ‘brave new world’ for England’s rental sector, writes Daniel Bacon of Seddons GSC
Stephen Gold’s latest Civil Way column rounds up a flurry of procedural and regulatory changes reshaping housing, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and personal injury litigation
Patients are being systematically failed by an NHS complaints regime that is opaque, poorly enforced and often stacked against them, argues Charles Davey of The Barrister Group
A wealthy Russian divorce battle has produced a sharp warning about trying to challenge foreign nuptial agreements in the wrong English court. Writing in NLJ this week, Vanessa Friend and Robert Jackson of Hodge Jones & Allen examine Timokhin v Timokhina, where the High Court enforced Russian judgments arising from a prenuptial agreement despite arguments based on the landmark Radmacher decision
An obscure Victorian tort may be heading for an unexpected revival after a significant Privy Council ruling that could reshape liability for dangerous escapes, according to Richard Buckley, barrister and emeritus professor of law at the University of Reading
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