Lasting Power of Attorney in UK Law
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Polyphonic Legality: Power of Attorney Through Dialogic Interaction
Building on Bakhtin’s work on discourse, this article uses the concept of polyphony to explore capacity law praxis. Drawing on everyday interaction about power of attorney, we demonstrate how legal...... ... dialogi- cally, with each voice offering distinct expressions of legality. Analysing lay and medical interactions about Lasting Power of Attorney – the legal authority to make decisions on ... ...
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The role of the Office of the Public Guardian in investigations of abuse
Purpose: This paper aims to examine the investigation process employed by the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG). This process is used whenever an allegation of abuse is received against either an...... ... anattorney acting under a registered lasting or enduring power of attorney or against a deputy ... ...
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The Nearest Relative Handbook
... ... though it is rarelyused, they also have the power to apply for detention orguardianship. David ... such as wheresomeone has made a lasting power of attorney, or where adeputy is appointed, ... ...
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Introduction
... ... Power to approve clinicians rests with strategic health ... Attorney A person appointed under the authority of a ... independent mental health advocate LPA lasting power of attorney LSSA local social services ... ...
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Index
... ... 199 criteria 198 patient’s consent 199 power of recall 198–9 discharge from 183, 204 ... Judicial review proceedings 135–7 ... Lasting power of attorney 237 ... Learning disability ... ...
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Mental Capacity Act 2005 - Overview
... ... (a) as the donee of a lasting power of attorney, (b) as a deputy appointed by ... ...
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Statutory Wills
... ... The court’s power to make a statutory will is now governed by ... in his/her welfare; (iii) the donee of a lasting power of attorney granted by P; (iv) any deputy ... ...
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The Mental Capacity Act 2005
... ... theAct, provisions relating to the lasting powerof attorney (LPA), general powers of the ... Lasting Power of AttorneyAnew order,the Lasting Power of ... ...
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Editorial
... ... how the Mental Capacity Act 2005, a Lasting Power of Attorney and the Court of Protection ... ...
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The Mental Capacity Act, the Office of the Public Guardian and the new Court of Protectio
Monday 1 October sees the implementation of the majority of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (the Act). Parts of the Act came into operation in April 2007, namely the creation of a new criminal offence...... ... Guardian, Court ofProtection, deputyship,lasting powers of attorney abstractMonday 1 October sees ... These are similar to the currentEnduring Power of Attorney, but allow peopleto choose an ... ...
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