A reminder that today, 1 July, is a big day at COP Towers because: (1) The remainder of the first… Read more
Tag: Court of Protection practice and procedure
Deprivation of liberty developments
The guidance note previously prepared by the editors of the Mental Capacity Law Newsletters has now been updated to take… Read more
Re X – the Court of Appeal pronounces
A cross-post to the Court of Protection Handbook site for those of you after clarity as to what the Court… Read more
Precedent orders – now updated
As some will have already discovered, the COP Handbook website includes a suite of (free) precedent orders. We have recently updated… Read more
The Court of Protection comes of age
A cross-post to the summary and comment on the extremely important Court of Appeal decision in Re MN handed down… Read more
COPR: what do the new rules actually do (and mean)?
In part because the Court of Protection Amendment Rules are written in typically impenetrable statutory instrument style, and in part… Read more
All change at the COP (Part 1)
A quick cross-post to the Court of Protection of Handbook site and the post there summarising the important changes to… Read more
Re X process goes live
A quick cross-post to the Court of Protection Handbook site to flag up that the Re X process for judicial… Read more
Acting as a Litigation Friend in the Court of Protection – new Guidance now out
As many of you will know, I have spent a significant part of this year working on guidance commissioned by the… Read more
Judicial authorisations of deprivation of liberty guide updated
The Guide to the procedure to follow when seeking judicial authorisations of deprivation of liberty following Re X written by Neil Allen, Tor… Read more