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Employment Appeal Tribunal Judgment of Judge Beard on 9 October 2025.
Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Hansen on 30 October 2025.
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…
Use these steps to become a property and financial affairs deputy or to…
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…
You must apply to the Court of Protection if you have to: renew your…
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Probation is when you serve a court sentence in the community, and can include unpaid work or being supervised after coming out of prison
This section of the SEPs Resource Hub provides an explanation of SEP specific words and terms used throughout the guidance.
Guidance for organisations certified against the UK digital identity and attributes trust framework who offer delegated authority as part of their service.
This note is part of the statutory guidance under s215 of the HRA 2008 (from 1 April 2024)
The Probation Service is a statutory criminal justice service that supervises offenders serving community sentences or released into the community from prison. Probation Service is part of HM Prison and Probation Service .
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