Douglas Houghton
AssociateAssociate in the personal planning team
A reminder for Court-appointed Deputies – the general authority to deal with a person’s affairs does not bestow an entitlement to deal with every issue.
The Act is underpinned by the fundamental concept that everything must be done in the P’s best interests and enshrines the five core principle under section 1 of the Act as follows: “(2) A person must be assumed to have capacity unless it is established that he lacks capacity.