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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.

• From: Office of the Public Guardian
• Published: 22 May 2026

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 

• Atim Odiong 

• 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 

• Ade Oterunbi 

• Christina Green 

• Ruth Edwards 

• Abosede Ogunfemi 

• Laura Natale 

• Paul Newman 

• Katherine Lewis 

• Andrea Davies 

• Fakir Mohamed Osman 

• Diane Fossey 

• Emma Delgado 

• Taliska Baden 

• Adesola Adefemi 

• Sian Rowlands 

• Adeteju Ojelade 

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

Published 22 May 2026