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Denzil Lush
Denzil Lush has been the Senior Judge of the Court of Protection, based in London, since 1 October 2007, when the Mental Capacity Act 2005 came into force.
He qualified as a solicitor in 1978 and worked in private practice for 18 years before being appointed as a chairman of Social Security Appeals Tribunals in 1994 and Master of the former Court of Protection in April 1996.
He has written several books - Elderly Clients: A Precedent Manual (1996; 3rd edition 2010), Cohabitation: Law Practice and Precedents (1993; 4th edition 2009) and Cretney & Lush on Lasting and Enduring Powers of Attorney (6th edition, 2009) - and has contributed chapters to various medical and legal reference books.
He is a judicial member of STEP (the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners)