Tag: lumb
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Navigating Direct Payments After Lumb: What Deputies Need to Know
Lumb v NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB & Anor [2024] EWCOP 57 has become a lightning rod for scrutiny across Court of Protection practice. At its core, the case raised a deceptively simple question: can a professional deputy act as the recipient of direct payments (DPs) and charge P for related management, without express…