A changing landscape for protected parties?

31 March 2023 / Gareth Williams

Issue: 8019 / Categories: Features , Court of Protection , Mental health , CPR

How do the latest amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules impact on children & protected parties? Gareth Williams explains

Commentary on the recent proposed changes to the Civil Procedure Rules, and in particular to the implications for children and protected parties under CPR 21.
Outlines the need for early consideration by litigators and litigation friends as to how a claimant’s compensation should be settled and subsequently managed.

It is likely that CPR 21.11 won’t be the most exciting or interesting section of the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) for many, but for Court of Protection and trust lawyers who assist personal injury and medical negligence solicitors regularly, it has more prominence than most.

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In my early years post-qualification, I was lucky enough to be able to assist the applicant solicitor and be present in the hearing for former leading Court of Protection authority, SM v HM (by the Official Solicitor as her Litigation Friend) [2012] COPLR 187—a case concerning the suitability (or

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A changing landscape for protected parties?

How do the latest amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules impact on children & protected parties? Gareth Williams explains

Commentary on the recent proposed changes to the Civil Procedure Rules, and in particular to the implications for children and protected parties under CPR 21.
Outlines the need for early consideration by litigators and litigation friends as to how a claimant’s compensation should be settled and subsequently managed.

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A changing landscape for protected parties?

Back to where we started?

Back to where we started?

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gilson Gray—Linda Pope

Jackson Lees Group—five promotions

Taylor Wessing—Max Millington