Court of Protection Update (February 2014)

Sally Bradley and Michale Edwards consider the President’s guidance on transparency in the Court of Protection as well as the most important recent judgments.

This update considers:

• the Recent Practice Direction from the President in respect of transparency in the CoP;
• the Court of Appeal decision in TA v AA (2013) EWCA Civ 1661  as to whether there is provision for appealing a refusal of permission to appeal by a High Court judge from a decision of a circuit judge;
• Re PO [2013] EWHC 3932 (COP), a judgment relating to The Hague Convention and the MCA 2005, Schedule 3.

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Authors

• Sally Bradley
• Michael Edwards