W v P – keeping Court of Protection hearings private

The case of W v P concerns the property and affairs of P a man who used to be in the public eye who suffers from severe dementia.  His wife W applied for authorisation from the Court of Protection to make a statutory will and to enter into a number of lifetime dispositions on half of P in relation to tax planning on assets of c. £20m.

The proceedings were kept in private and Rajah J’s interesting and helpful judgment explaining why can be found here.

Ruth Hughes acted for the Official Solicitor as litigation friend for P.

Ruth frequently acts for an in relation to well-known people who lack mental capacity.