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Appointment of Court of Protection general visitors (2025)

New general visitors supporting work delivered by the Office of the Public Guardian.

The Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) has announced the appointment of 30 new general visitors and 11 re-appointed general visitors.  

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

The appointments commenced in October 2025 and will run for 10 years. They are:  

  • Sarah Post 

  • Louise Potts 

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  • Simon Horsley 

  • Louise Fox 

  • Helen Taylor 

  • Laura Davies 

  • Barbara Joyce 

  • Danielle Haslam 

  • Katie Laws 

  • Gilian-Clair Hamilton 

  • Prema Gopal 

  • Kiara Goan 

  • Lucy Evans 

  • Martin Gilbert 

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  • Christina Green 

  • Ruth Edwards 

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  • Laura Natale 

  • Paul Newman 

  • Katherine Lewis 

  • Andrea Davies 

  • Fakir Mohamed Osman 

  • Diane Fossey 

  • Emma Delgado 

  • Taliska Baden 

  • Adesola Adefemi 

  • Sian Rowlands 

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Eleven existing general visitors were also re-appointed in October 2025, for a further tenure of 10 years. They are:  

  • Elizabeth James 

  • Elizabeth Howard 

  • Christian Webb 

  • Timothy Childs 

  • Beverley Campion 

  • Wendy Hill 

  • Lucy Bonnerjea 

  • Suzanne Funnell 

  • Pauline John 

  • Morton Jenoure 

  • Richard Walton

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Published 22 May 2026