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Let’s talk about court processes: part 4 – concluding proceedings

The, rather delayed, final post in my series on Court of Protection processes looking at the conclusion of proceedings.

Finding time to relax… without feeling guilty

I am not sorry that it has taken me so long to get the final post in my series about court processes up on here. Yes, you read that correctly. I’m not sorry. I would have liked to get it sorted for you nice and quickly, but the thing is, I have taken some leaveContinue reading “Finding time to relax… without feeling guilty”

LPS implementation delayed – I hate to say I told you so…

For any of you that missed it, it has been announced today that the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019 will not be implemented until April 2022. If you’ve read my previous post about all of the work local authorities still need to do to be ready for the implementation, you’ll not be surprised. If youContinue reading “LPS implementation delayed – I hate to say I told you so…”

Let’s talk about court process: part 3 – hearings

In case you missed them, parts 1 and 2 of my posts about court process follow the same case study and you might want to go back to follow the story through. But now we get to the juicy bit that most people want to know about: court hearings. Don’t get too excited though, orContinue reading “Let’s talk about court process: part 3 – hearings”

Ordinary residence downloadable guide

As promised, I am sharing an ordinary residence ‘cheat sheet’ that I referred to in my earlier posts. I am doing this at your request, and to help you all out. I am sure none of you lovely people would dream of trying to take credit for someone else’s work. But just in case, hereContinue reading “Ordinary residence downloadable guide”

You asked and I am listening

I have had a few requests for my ordinary residence cheat sheet. And honestly I’m so excited that I’m able to help that I will tweak it over the weekend to check it is still up to date and it will be up here by Monday. In the meantime, here’s another picture of my catContinue reading “You asked and I am listening”

Let’s talk about court processes: part 2 – ongoing proceedings

Let’s return to our example of P. At the end of my last post, we had got as far as the application being made, mum being notified of this, and a hearing date being set. So now what? Well the Official Solicitor will have to consider the papers and decide whether or not to acceptContinue reading “Let’s talk about court processes: part 2 – ongoing proceedings”

Let’s talk about court processes: part 1 – making the application

The headline from my series on court process is that the court of protection is not like the courts you see in TV dramas. As a side note, in my career I’ve not seen much evidence that any real court is much like the ones we see on TV but this is especially true forContinue reading “Let’s talk about court processes: part 1 – making the application”

Ordinary residence: the process

This is the third post in my overview series about ordinary residence. I’ve gone over the basics, and outlined some of the problem areas, so now I want to talk about the process i.e. How we actually go about resolving these disputes. I have said it before and I will say it again: this isContinue reading “Ordinary residence: the process”