Overprotected? – powers of attorney and deputyship

SOCIAL CARE

Overprotected? – powers of attorney and deputyship

Britney Spears’ conservatorship has thrown the spotlight on the powers of the court to impose restrictions on vulnerable people. Saara Idelbi argues that councils are likely to have the best view of the safeguarding actions needed.

By Saara Idelbi | 29 September 2021

It is rare that the music industry provides the foundation for considering the powers of the court to impose restrictions on the liberty of vulnerable persons.

The furore around millennial pop icon Britney Spears and the conservatorship that has governed her life since 2008 has thrown such control mechanisms into the public eye.

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