New Court of Protection General Vistsors appointed

The Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) has announced the appointment of 22 new Court of Protection General Visitors and the re-appointment of a further six. 

General visitors are public appointees who support OPG in supervising court appointed deputies. They also play a key role in OPG investigations by conducting mental capacity assessments.

The appointments have had ministerial approval and the following list of new appointees started their tenure in April 2022, for a period of 10 years:

• Annie Smith
• Barry Purdell
• Clarah Abange
• Debbie Parker
• Elaine Bowden
• Elizabeth Rees
• Hilary Travis
• Janyce Quigley
• Katie Barker
• Katie Smith-Palomeque
• Kimberley Barrett
• Leah Austin
• Louise Ahrens
• Nicholas Rosenfeld
• Olumide Odubawo
• Saka Awokoya
• Sarah Flaxman
• Sarah Woodford
• Sughra Nazir
• Sullay Adekulay
• Suzanne Ryan
• William Walton

The following existing visitors were re-appointed in April 2022 for a further tenure of 10 years:

• Barry Whitmore
• Beverley Blythe
• Graeme Currie
• Mark Farnsworth
• Stephen Gray
• Sue Joyce

These are statutory appointments under section 61 of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and have been made in line with the Cabinet Office Governance Code on Public Appointments.

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