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Tag: costs


Natural justice and costs in the Court of Protection

Posted on 19 November 2025 Updated on 19 November 2025

Riddle v NA [2025] EWCOP 39 (T3) raises questions about the fitness for purpose of a key plank of the… Read more

Posted in Case comments     Tags: costs, practice and procedure     Leave a comment     


Appeals from personal welfare decisions – the Court of Appeal allocates the costs

Posted on 15 October 2023

In Re VA (Medical Treatment) [2023] EWCA Civ 1190, the Court of Appeal considered an appeal by a litigant in… Read more

Posted in Case comments, Medical treatment, Practice and Procedure     Tags: appeals, costs, medical treatment     Leave a comment     


Professional deputies, hourly rates, and the realities of 2020

Posted on 2 October 2020 Updated on 7 October 2020

In a judgment handed down on 30 September 2020, PLK & Ors (Court of Protection : Costs) [2020] EWHC B28, Master Whalan… Read more

Posted in Practice and Procedure     Tags: costs, Deputies     Leave a comment     


The inherent jurisdiction and costs

Posted on 23 October 2019

In Re PR (Application under the inherent jurisdiction: Costs) [2019] EWHC 2800 (Fam), Cobb J has confirmed that applications made… Read more

Posted in Inherent jurisdiction, Practice and Procedure     Tags: costs, inherent jurisdiction, practice and procedure     Leave a comment     


Costs, the CoP and the media

Posted on 18 June 2014

Re G (Adult) (Costs) [2014] EWCOP 5 Summary We have covered the previous episodes in this rather depressing story in… Read more

Posted in Case comments, Practice and Procedure     Tags: costs, Court of Protection practice and procedure, Media     Leave a comment     


Appeals to the Court of Appeal from the CoP: securing against the risk of costs

Posted on 3 March 2014 Updated on 4 March 2014

JE (Jamaica) v SSHD   [2014] EWCA Civ 192  (Court of Appeal (Laws, Jackson and Black LJJ)) Summary This is an… Read more

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When informality in decision-making goes wrong

Posted on 3 March 2014 Updated on 4 March 2014

JS v KB and MP (Property and Affairs Deputy for DB)   [2014] EWHC 483 (COP)  (Cobb J) Summary This decision… Read more

Posted in Case comments, Practice and Procedure, Property and affairs     Tags: costs, Court of Protection practice and procedure, property and affairs     Leave a comment     


Recent Posts

  • Gretna Green and children’s capacity – in discussion with Jonathan Brown

    7 May 2026
    In the latest ‘in conversation with,’ I talk to Dr Jonathan Brown about the very different approach to the decision-making... …Read More »
  • Instructing experts, and how long does the leash have to be for the acid test to be satisfied?

    2 May 2026
    Bristol City Council v CC & Ors [2026] EWCOP 19 (T3) is both an important and an interesting decision.  It is... …Read More »
  • Revisiting habitual residence – when and how the Court of Protection can do so

    2 May 2026
    The case of Neath Port Talbot Country Borough Council v CK & Ors [2025] EWCOP 47 (T3) is the sequel... …Read More »
  • Book review: Coercive Control and Vulnerable Adults: Law and Practice in the Court of Protection and the Inherent Jurisdiction of the High Court

    20 April 2026
    Book Review: Oliver Lewis, Coercive Control and Vulnerable Adults: Law and Practice in the Court of Protection and the Inherent Jurisdiction... …Read More »
  • Court of Protection Handbook – April 2026 update

    1 April 2026
    The quarterly update to the Court of Protection Handbook is now up, covering such matters as the flurry of cases... …Read More »

RSS National Archives Mental Capacity cases

  • EF v The London Borough of Hackney & Anor 5 May 2026
  • UK Insurance Limited v Bahader Hassankhail 1 May 2026
  • Bristol City Council v CC & Ors (Capacity Instruction of Experts Deprivation of Liberty) 30 April 2026
  • X and Y (Children: Adoption Order: Setting Aside), Re 22 April 2026
  • R v David Wood 17 April 2026
  • Lancashire County Council v BC & Anor (Capacity: Residence and Engagement in Sexual Relations) 15 April 2026
  • Plus Point Care Limited v Care Quality Commission 13 April 2026
  • Priti Patel v Nicholas O'Sullivan & Ors 2 April 2026
  • Maina Kumari Rai v Advantage Insurance Company Limited (t/a Hastings Insurance) 2 April 2026
  • R v Mark Adrian Leacock & Anor 1 April 2026

RSS National Archives Mental Health Act cases

  • EF v The London Borough of Hackney & Anor 5 May 2026
  • Bristol City Council v CC & Ors (Capacity Instruction of Experts Deprivation of Liberty) 30 April 2026
  • X and Y (Children: Adoption Order: Setting Aside), Re 22 April 2026
  • HPT, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department 17 April 2026
  • R v David Wood 17 April 2026
  • Lancashire County Council v BC & Anor (Capacity: Residence and Engagement in Sexual Relations) 15 April 2026
  • Plus Point Care Limited v Care Quality Commission 13 April 2026
  • MK v Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) 4 April 2026
  • A Local Authority v CD & Ors 31 March 2026
  • Mohammed Ali v Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Trust 31 March 2026

RSS Mental Health Law Online updates

  • Event. COPPA: The transition between Children and Adult services (Newcastle/online, 12 May 2026)
  • Job advert. Free Family Representation and Advocacy Project, London/hybrid - Court of Protection solicitor (deadline 31 May 2026).
  • Event. MHLA: Panel course (Leeds, 25-26 June 2026)
  • Case (Case management decision in anorexia case). Patricia's Father v Patricia [2025] EWCOP 29 (T3)
  • Case (Lifting of anorexia non-treatment order). Patricia's Father v Patricia [2025] EWCOP 30 (T3)
  • Case (Non-forcible treatment of anorexia). Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust v FF [2025] EWCOP 26 (T3)
  • Case (Appeal against restriction order). R v Gordon [2025] EWCA Crim 1194
  • Case (Hybrid order vs hospital order). R v Turner [2025] EWCA Crim 1867
  • Case (Disposal when unfit to stand trial). R v Wood [2026] EWCA Crim 480
  • Case (No new evidence for criminal appeal). R v Thomas (previously Edgington) [2026] EWCA Crim 353

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