The issue of fluctuating and issue specific capacity was considered in this recent case. The matter related to whether a young woman had the capacity to make decisions in specific…
Stephanie Kaye, Legal Director and Joshua Sidding, Paralegal discuss the SCCO, what is happening with COP cases, changes with the Costs Officers and what to expect when getting your matters…
On Friday, the Civil Justice Council published their final report on guideline hourly rates (GHR). Key recommendations made within the final report include: That the Guideline Hourly Rates proposed in…
Following the announcement on the 10 June 2021 from the President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, a two-week rapid consultation on remote, hybrid and in-person hearings within the…
In the recent case of Riddle v Public Guardian [2021] EWCOP 38, an application was made for Permission to Appeal from two judgments of HHJ Hilder, dated 11 August 2020…
Unlike any other area of law, there is a process regarding Court of Protection assessments that is not in any written case or law, however a spoken arrangement passed down…
The issue of whether P had litigation capacity was considered in the recent case of P, Re [2021] EWCOP 27. P, a 60 year old woman, has diabetes, paranoid schizophrenia…
In the recent case of KG (Capacity) [2021] EWCOP 30, it was necessary for the Court to determine whether P had capacity to make decisions as to his future care…
