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Track record
£17m gifting application in the Court of Protection
In FL v MJL Julia, Stephen Richards, Deborah Nicholls-Carr, and Richard Walker acted for the Deputy in an application to the Court of Protection to make gifts totalling £17 million to family members and charities from the funds of an incapacitated person. This was a significant and novel case which clarified the law on the authorisation of gifts for tax planning. Click here to read the judgment.