E-Bill FAQs – How does the new Court of Protection E-Bill work?
From 1 November 2022 the COP E-Bill came into force. This will look slightly different to the Bills that COP practitioners are used to and will include some additional information…
Category: Court of Protection
Gloucestershire County Council and AB (By Her Litigation Friend, The Official Solicitor), SB and NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board
This recent case concerned the care plans in place for an individual, AB, given the risk of her self-harming. Further points surrounding her capacity to access the internet and social…
Proportionality
The SCCO now insist on the inclusion of the details of P’s estate in respect of COP Bills sent for assessment where this information is not readily available within the…
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & Anor v RD & Ors (2022) EWCOP 47
This case concerns P who had been diagnosed with an Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder which had resulted in two incidents of self-harm in which the inserting of a tracheostomy tube,…
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust & Lancashire County Council v AH [2022] EWCOP 45
The case of Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust & Lancashire County Council v AH [2022] EWCOP 45 is a recent significant case as it is in respect of…
XX v West Northamptonshire Council & Anor [2022]
This case looks at a best interest decision concerning whether an 89-year-old diagnosed with Alzheimer’s should move back to Jamaica to be with his family. The application concerns XX, 89…
Hardship cases – the practical implications of acting as Deputy when there is no money left
P is classed as hardship where their net assets at the anniversary of the Deputyship Order are less than £16,000.00. In such cases, a Deputy cannot have their costs assessed…
The Electronic Bill Pilot in the Senior Courts Costs Office
From 1 November 2022 until 28 April 2023, professional Deputies appointed by the Court of Protection, their legal representatives and other legal professionals involved in Court of Protection cases are…