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02 October 2015
Issue: 7670 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Mental health

Re DGP [2015] EWCOP 58, [2015] All ER (D) 117 (Sep)

The respondents applied for reconsideration of the decision appointing D’s daughter L, a US resident, as the deputy for her property and affairs. The Court of Protection, in dismissing the application, held that the fact that someone lived outside the jurisdiction should not be an impediment to their appointment as deputy if, in all other respects, they were the most suitable candidate to be appointed and it was in the patient’s best interests. In the circumstances, L’s appointment was in D’s best interests.

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