LPA gifts of property – void or voidable?

The basic facts of Chandler v Lombardi [2022] EWHC 22 (Ch) will not sound unusual to Court of Protection practitioners. In brief, P’s attorney for property and affairs improperly transferred a share of P’s house into her own name. The judgment is notable, however, for its discussion of and decision on the question of whether the attorney’s purported transfer of the house was void or voidable. This article will first address the context of this question, then the decision in Chandler v Lombardi itself.