With effect from 1 May 2024, the fee for making an application in the Court of Protection will rise from £371 to £408, and the … Read More ›
Tag: practice and procedure
Amendments to three Practice Directions supplementing the Court of Protection Rules 2017 have been made. In summary the changes are: The amendments to the Practice … Read More ›
The case of Wareham v Betsi Cadwaladar University Health Board & Ors [2024] EWCOP 15 concerns a 36 year old autistic woman, Laura Wareham, who … Read More ›
Not enough judgments of District Judges are published. This is in part because very many decisions that they make are set out in oral judgments, … Read More ›
A revised COP44A Help with fees application, and COP44B guidance notes have been published and are to be used with effect from Monday 12th February … Read More ›
Don’t ignore the Serious Medical Treatment Guidance – but let’s be clear about what the law requires
This is a post co-written by Tor Butler-Cole KC and I, prompted by the decision in GUP v EUP and UCLH NHS Foundation Trust [2024] … Read More ›
In Stockport MBC v KB [2023] EWCOP 58, HHJ Burrows addressed two questions in relating to ‘community DoL’ applications that have bubbled away for some … Read More ›
A substantially updated COP3 form is now live on the .gov.uk website. It has been overhauled (amongst other things) so as to reflect the correct … Read More ›
In Esper v NHS NW London ICB (Appeal : Anonymity in Committal Proceedings) [2023] EWCOP 29, Poole J addressed the complexities of the (not entirely … Read More ›
For those who have not already stumbled across it, a reminder that the Ministry of Justice has an open call for evidence entitled ‘Open Justice, … Read More ›