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 COP E-Bill has been in the pipeline for well over a year and the E-Bill pilot will start on the 1st of November 2022. Stephanie Kaye shares what practitioners…
Clarion are delighted to work alongside the Professional Deputies Forum (PDF) and we wanted to share the recent great efforts of the PDF working group, which our Stephanie Kaye is…
Professional Deputies are entitled to take costs for the work that they have carried out throughout a management year. This must be completed in accordance with the rules set by…
This evening, the SCCO have released a further notice in relation to the ongoing delays with COP assessments. In summary, turnaround is as follows at present: Bills received at the…
Please see below an update notice released by the SCCO this afternoon, providing a further update on the current turnaround times for COP assessments. In summary, the Costs Officers are…
An interested party is anyone with a financial interest in the outcome of the assessment. Rule 47.19 of the CPR enables the court to direct under rule 47.19(3) that 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…
