We use some essential cookies to make this website work.
We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services.
We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services.
You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
Departments, agencies and public bodies
News stories, speeches, letters and notices
Detailed guidance, regulations and rules
Reports, analysis and official statistics
Consultations and strategy
Data, Freedom of Information releases and corporate reports
Use this witness statement to give evidence to the Court of Protection about a person who lacks, or may lack, capacity to safeguard themselves.…
How to become and act as a Court of Protection deputy - eligibility, responsibilities, how to apply, fees, supervision and when your deputyship ends.
You can apply to become someone’s deputy if they ‘lack mental capacity’.…
You can apply to be a deputy if you’re 18 or over. Deputies are usually…
As a deputy, you’re responsible for helping someone make decisions or…
You need to download and fill in all of the following: an application form…
To apply to be a property and financial affairs deputy you need to: Tell…
You must pay: a fee to apply to be a deputy a supervision fee every year…
You’ll be sent a ‘court order’ telling you what you can and cannot do as a…
As a deputy, you’ll be supervised by the Office of the Public Guardian…
You must keep accounts and follow the rules for gifts and expenses if…
You must write a report each year explaining the decisions you’ve made as…
Check you can get a divorce, agree or disagree with a divorce application, what to do if your husband or wife lacks mental capacity.…
You can get divorced in England or Wales if all of the following are true:…
You must decide whether you want to make a joint application with your…
To apply for a divorce you’ll need: yours and your husband or wife’s full…
What happens after you apply depends whether you applied for a divorce…
A conditional order and decree nisi are documents that say that the court…
To end your marriage you must apply for either: a final order a decree…
You can apply for a divorce if your husband or wife ‘lacks mental…
Form for solicitors to complete if a protected party lacks capacity to carry out family proceedings.
…We advance prosperity by ensuring no viable UK export fails for lack of finance or insurance, doing that sustainably and at no net cost to the taxpayer.
Find contact details of panel deputies available to support people who lack mental capacity.…
…We help people who are vulnerable because of their lack of mental capacity or young age to take advantage of the services offered by the justice system. This helps them to avoid being socially excluded.
Check you can end your civil partnership, agree or disagree with an application, what to do if your partner lacks mental capacity…
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
Apply to act for someone in court - litigation friends for children and people who cannot act for themselves because they lack the mental capacity
Make an urgent or emergency application to get permission to make decisions for someone who lacks mental capacity including interim applications for people applying to be a deputy
Questionnaire to give to the Official Solicitor in divorce proceedings when one party may lack litigation capacity.
Office of Fair Trading (OFT) closed consumer enforcement case
(Gilead Sciences International Limited) Remaining stocks of affected batches should be quarantined and returned to the original supplier for credit – class 1 action now. (EL (13)A/17)
Employment Tribunal decision.
Form for deputies to transfer securities into a Court Funds Office account on behalf of someone who lacks mental capacity.
We advance prosperity by ensuring no viable UK export fails for lack of finance or insurance, doing that sustainably and at no net cost to the taxpayer.
Questionnaire to help the Official Solicitor understand the issues involved when acting for a parent lacking litigation capacity.
Domperidone is no longer licensed for use in children younger than 12 years or those weighing less than 35 kg. Results from a placebo-controlled study in children younger than 12 years with acute gastroenteritis did not show…
Regulatory Policy Committee statement on lack of impact assessments for Agriculture and Fisheries Bills.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. Please fill in this survey (opens in a new tab).