Tag: Handbook update

The October 2026 quarterly update to the Court of Protection Handbook is now available. It provides updates on such matters as using documents disclosed in the Court of Protection in other proceedings and recognition and enforcement of Scottish orders. Of particular note is the update it has relating to personal welfare deputyship after HB, including an order that the Court of Protection may make where the reason for seeking an order is that the applicant is not being listened to in best interests decision-making – the likely outcome being that no deputyship order will be made, but an order made recording why they should be listened to.

A little early, the quarterly update to the Handbook is now available, taking account, amongst others, of AGNI (deprivation of liberty), Gardner (transparency) and Bristol CC (instructing experts – and, also, an updated precedent letter of instruction).

The quarterly update to the Court of Protection Handbook is now up, covering such matters as the flurry of cases concerning personal welfare deputies, disclosure of position statements, and the new arrangements for securing pro bono representation before the Court of Protection.

The first quarterly update to the 5th Edition of the Court of Protection Handbook is now available on the Handbook website.

A reminder also of the training event to be held on 4 February 2026, at which our expert panel Alex Ruck Keene KC (Hon), Sophy Miles, Laura Mannering, and Kate Edwards will guide you through a 90-minute session offering practical guidance on three critical areas for practitioners:

• Closed Materials Guidance – Understanding its scope and application.
• A Deputy’s Role and Recent Case Law – The implications of Riddle v NA [2025] EWCOP 39 (T3) and what it means for deputies.
• Enforcing COP Orders – Managing enforcement challenges, including police involvement and forced entry.

The session will end with an interactive Q&A session.

Designed for those working in the Court of Protection, this session is designed to keep you ahead of the curve and demonstrate how the Handbook continues to evolve between editions.

To book, please see here (note that this is not a free event – apologies for the previous suggestion that it was, although delegates will also receive a code for 10% off the book so…)

We would normally be publishing an update covering relevant developments over the past 3 months on this page, but the team (with some exciting new additions) are hard at work updating the 4th edition to a new, expanded, 5th edition. So bear with us if the page is not updated – but please do get in touch if you think that there are things that the 5th edition needs to cover, by email to alex.ruckkeene@39essex.com. We can’t promise we will be able to, but now is the time to ask!

The August 2024 quarterly update to the Court of Protection Handbook is now available on the Handbook website, including such matters as post-death costs for deputies, the enforcement powers of the Court of Protection and which decisions are for clinicians, and which for judges.

A few days early (next week is particularly busy for me), the May 2024 quarterly update to the Court of Protection Handbook is now available on the Handbook website, including such matters as judicial visits, when to bring serious medical treatment cases to the Court of Protection, when the court can revoke deputyship and fee increases before the court.

The quarterly update to the Court of Protection Handbook is now available on the Handbook website, including costs on appeals from the Court of Protection, a helpful set of guidance documents for making and using LPAs, and medical evidence of mental disorder .

The quarterly update to the Court of Protection Handbook is now available on the Handbook website, including how to deal with the ‘two P’ situation, the costs of appeals in welfare cases, and transparency and ‘cooling off’ periods.

The quarterly update to the Court of Protection Handbook is now available on the Handbook website, including details of guidance relating to closed hearings, e-bills for costs in certain cases, updated statements of truth and more.