The donor appointed three attorneys to act jointly, adding the words "Any two out of the three attorneys shall have power to sign jointly on my behalf". The court severed these words as being incompatible with a joint appointment. [OPG summary - EPA case.]

Note

The summary above is taken from the OPG website. It is listed under the heading "Severance of restrictions incompatible with a joint appointment " as "Re Shepherd (an order of Judge Rogers made on 13 March 2009)".

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Not on Bailii - there was no written judgment

Summary on OPG section of Justice website