The Court of Protection was thrust into the centre of a major international incident in SSHD v Sergei Skripal; SSHD v… Read more
Tag: practice and procedure
Welfare cases in the Court of Protection: the real story
Once again we are all indebted to Cardiff Law School for further research about the use of the Court of… Read more
Rule 3A representatives, family members (and the ‘obiter trap’)
District Judge Bellamy has very recently (20 September) added to the small but important body of case-law concerning Rule 3A… 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
The Supreme Court pronounces on litigation capacity (and the effect of incapacity) in civil proceedings
Dunhill v Burgin (Nos 1 and 2) [2014] UKSC 18 Summary Ms Dunhill sought to have a compromise agreement into… Read more