NHS Trust v CD Ors – Can the COP consent to the withdrawal of life sustaining treatment?
In the recent case of London NHS Trust v CD & Ors, P was a 20 year old woman who, on 18 January 2021, attempted suicide. She was discovered by…
Category: Court of Protection
New guidance from the SCCO on electronic supporting files in COP cases
We have received updated guidance from the SCCO on the process for uploading electronic supporting documents for Court of Protection assessments via the DUC [Document Upload Centre]. Please note that…
PLK & Others – can you recover the higher rates?
There have been ongoing discussions between some of our clients and the SCCO in relation to the uplift in hourly rates under this recent case. This is on the basis…
Increase to Court Fees
The Government issued a public consultation on 22 March 2021. The Ministry of Justice is consulting on increasing some court fees in line with historical inflation dating from August 2016…
The Deputyship Standards
The Deputyship standards have been developed with both professional and public bodies and form an important view of the new approach to support and supervise professional and public authority Deputies.…
Can the Court decide if P should have the COVID-19 vaccine?
In the recent case of E (Vaccine) [2021] EWCOP 7, the issue at hand was whether P should receive a vaccination for COVID-19. By way of background, P is 80…
Giving gifts as Deputy
The Office of the Public Guardian has issued new information regarding gift making as a Deputy. It can be found here : https://publicguardian.blog.gov.uk/2020/12/16/giving-gifts-as-an-attorney-or-deputy/ As Deputy it can be tricky deciding…
Does the Mental Health Act need to be reformed?
The Department of Health and Social Care has launched a consultation and White Paper on plans to reform the Mental Health Act. This follows a report released in 2018 that outlines that…