Susan Wright was led by Clare Wade QC, both of the Garden Court Chambers Crime Team.
Solicitor convicted of willful neglect of elderly mother who died. Conviction was quashed on appeal. Case is the first case on s44(1)(b) Mental Capacity Act that involved statutory construction of s.44(1)(b) Mental Capacity Act 2005 (donee of Enduring Power of Attorney). R v Emma Jane Kurtz [20019] 1 Cr.App.R 19