As part of the move to a new notification process will become the standard process for all Property and Affairs… Read more
Tag: practice and procedure
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
Transparently clunky – Mostyn J and transparency orders before the Court of Protection
In Re EM [2022] EWCOP 31, Mostyn J expressed a number of concerns about the transparency order made in the… Read more
The black box of the judicial visit to P – the Court of Appeal’s concerns and requirements
The Court of Appeal has made some very important observations about the role of judicial visits in Court of Protection… Read more
Communication and participation in the Court of Protection – new training video
Researchers on the AHRC-funded project, Judging Values and Participation in Mental Capacity Law, based at the ICPR, Birkbeck School of… Read more
Best interests decision-making, dignity and delay – obligations that cannot be avoided
In North West London Clinical Commissioning Group v GU [2021] EWCOP 59, Hayden J made a series of very powerful… Read more
Court fees increase from 30 September 2021
Following the consultation on increasing selected court fees and Help with Fees income thresholds by inflation, the Government response to… Read more
Covert medication and involving the Court of Protection
In An NHS Trust v XB & Ors [2020] EWCOP 71, Theis J has further emphasised the thin legal ice… Read more
Official Solicitor Practice Notes
Two Practice Notes have been published by the Official Solicitor, Sarah Castle, setting out important practicalities relating the appointment of… Read more
Contempt, court orders and P’s confidentiality – an update
The Court of Appeal has had little hesitation dismissing ([2020] EWCA Civ 1675) the appeal by Dahlia Griffith against her conviction… Read more
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