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Help someone make decisions if they appoint you or if they lack mental capacity - includes using a power of attorney, becoming a deputy and getting a one-off Court of Protection ruling
Someone can choose you to make and carry out certain decisions on their…
As someone’s attorney or deputy you must: give them all the help they need…
A person may not have mental capacity because of a problem with the way…
The Parole Board decides whether prisoners who are serving certain types of sentences can be released.
Find out about making valid trustee decisions that are in your charity’s best interests.
Results of past design and design right decisions issued by us since 2013.
Find out about the ways people can make certain decisions for you or do certain things on your behalf
Search for decisions from patent hearings
Decision letters on behalf of the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities about planning applications and appeals. Only applies to England.
How to make decisions under the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
This series brings together all documents relating to How we make decisions
How the Mental Capacity Act 2005 affects you if ever you lose mental capacity.
Schedule 14 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 decisions issued by the Planning Inspectorate and published after 1 January 2023
Find out decisions made by the First-tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber) and Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber).
Find out about reviews and appeals for direct tax and indirect tax decisions (HMRC1).
Search decisions from UK trade mark hearings
Hearing and inquiry notices and decisions for common land applications.
This toolkit provides a guide for parents and carers to make financial decisions for a young person who lacks mental capacity.
Charity registration decisions which are significant or of wider interest.
Decisions and maps and modification notices for rights of way orders.
How to hold charity trustee and member meetings, including AGMs, so you can make decisions legally and your charity can run effectively.
This sets out the assessment and decision-making process for selecting successful bids to the Community Ownership Fund and the internal decisions approved by the Senior Responsible Officer (SRO).
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