A Practitioner's Guide to the Court of Protection

A Practitioner's Guide to the Court of Protection is a user-friendly handbook providing practical and detailed UK coverage of this increasingly significant topic. This fourth edition has been comprehensively updated to reflect the latest legislation affecting this area of UK law. The Guide explains the provisions of the UK's Mental Capacity Act 2005, the practices and procedures of the Court of Protection, and the latest information from the Public Guardianship Office. It looks at the practical issues and problems facing deputies working under a more complex and challenging regime. Contents includes: capacity and best interests
• practice and procedure in the new Court of Protection
• the deputy
• application to appoint a deputy
• changing and ending the deputyship
• the duties of a property and affairs deputy
• managing the property and affairs of 'P'
• sale and purchase of property
• litigation
• trusts and trustees
• costs
• gifts and other dispositions of property
• enduring powers of attorney
• lasting powers of attorney
• foreign matters