The importance of being organised
As you are all aware, organisation rules the world! This is a very important point when you are preparing your files to send to your Costs Draftsman. An untidy or…
Category: Court of Protection
Client care and the indemnity principle in Court of Protection
Stephanie Kaye, senior associate and Laura Gillin, associate at Clarion discuss the issues arising in respect of the indemnity principle following the decision of PLK & Others, client care requirements…
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…
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…