[This is a guest post by Arianna Kelly, whose expertise in matters relating to charging for social care in the… Read more
Personal injury payments, reverse indemnities and charging for care costs
Category: Property and affairs
“Third sector” deputyship – a further iteration of the requirements for appointment
In Re AB (Enable & Thrive Ltd) [2026] EWCOP 11 (T3), Senior Judge Hilder, not without a certain degree of… Read more
Motability, contracts and deputies
[I set out here a press release from the Office of the Public Guardian – the ‘clarification’ relates to a… Read more
Does the Court of Protection have jurisdiction over children? Answer yes – up to a point (even when they have moved abroad)
In Irwin Mitchell Trust Corporation Ltd v KS & Ors [2025] EWCOP 7 (T2), Senior Judge Hilder had to grapple… Read more
Best interests, wishes and feelings: a worked example in an imperfect world
Aberdeenshire Council v SF (No 4) (Residence) [2024] EWCOP 67 (T3) is the most recent in a long-running series of… Read more
The tendency of human nature to be swayed by interest rather than duty
In Irwin Mitchell Trust Corporation v PW & Anor [2024] EWCOP 16, Irwin Mitchell Trust Corporation (“IMTC”) had been appointed… Read more
Changes to P&A deputyship applications from 1 January 2023
From January 2023, the new upfront notification process will become the standard process for all Property and Affairs deputyship applications,… Read more
Deputies, fixed costs, detailed assessment and net assets
In Penntrust Ltd v West Berkshire District Council & Anor [2020] EWCOP 48, HHJ Hilder has returned to the vexed… Read more
Deputyship and legal incapacitation: don’t (always) believe what you read
It is rare, but unfortunate, when a judge misdirects themselves as to the law, but in Bashir v Bashir [2019]… Read more
When not telling is in a person’s best interests
In the personal injury case of EXB v FDZ & Ors [2018] EHWC 3456 (QB), Foskett J had to grapple… Read more