Costs following the death of the Protected Party are often a grey area in Court of Protection matters. In some cases, the Deputy may wish to subject their costs to detailed assessment, however, in most incidents the Protected Party’s estate…
From 1st October 2021, the new Guideline Hourly Rates will come into force. This means that from this date, subject to your retainer/client care letter, you will be able to…
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 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…
In the case of Kirby & Others (2013) it was decided that arranging payments should be reduced and limited to 3 minutes at a Grade D rate. This is because…
In a recent case, A County Council v LW & Anor [2020], an application was brought by a Local Authority in relation to the Protected Party’s capacity. The Protected Party…
At Clarion, we deal with over 2,000 COP bills of costs per year and we monitor common reductions. Every case is completely different, but you do not need to simply…
An update on our costs and litigation funding seminar programme for the rest of the year.
