Court of Protection

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court specialist court

The Court of Protection is a specialist court in England and Wales that makes decisions on financial and welfare matters for people who lack the mental capacity to make such decisions themselves.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Court of Protection canonical	3
Court of Protection Rules 2017	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court ⓘ specialist court ⓘ
administeredBy	Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service ⓘ surface form: HM Courts and Tribunals Service
appliesPrinciple	best interests of the person lacking capacity ⓘ least restrictive option ⓘ
appliesTest	mental capacity test under Mental Capacity Act 2005 ⓘ
appliesTo	adults who lack capacity ⓘ
areaOfLaw	financial affairs law ⓘ health and welfare law ⓘ mental capacity law ⓘ
canAlsoApplyTo	young people aged 16 and 17 who lack capacity ⓘ
canAppoint	personal welfare deputy ⓘ property and affairs deputy ⓘ
canAuthorise	deprivation of liberty in certain circumstances ⓘ
canHear	deprivation of liberty cases ⓘ disputes about management of finances ⓘ disputes about residence and care arrangements ⓘ serious medical treatment cases ⓘ
canMakeOrder	final order ⓘ interim order ⓘ urgent order ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dateEstablished	2007 ⓘ
decisionsCanBeAppealedTo	Court of Appeal of England and Wales ⓘ
hasJudgeType	High Court judge ⓘ circuit judge ⓘ district judge ⓘ senior judge ⓘ
hasLegalBasisIn	Mental Capacity Act 2005 ⓘ
hasPower	appoint deputies to make decisions ⓘ determine validity of enduring powers of attorney ⓘ determine validity of lasting powers of attorney ⓘ make decisions about health and welfare ⓘ make decisions about property and financial affairs ⓘ make statutory wills ⓘ resolve disputes about best interests decisions ⓘ
jurisdiction	England and Wales ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalSystem	law of England and Wales ⓘ
locatedIn	First Avenue House, High Holborn, London ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London
oftenSits	in private ⓘ
overseenBy	Ministry of Justice ⓘ
partOf	judiciary of England and Wales ⓘ surface form: courts of England and Wales
previouslyUsedProcedureRules	Court of Protection Rules 2007 ⓘ
relatedBody	Office of the Public Guardian (England and Wales) ⓘ
replaced	previous Court of Protection under Mental Health Act 1983 ⓘ
subjectTo	open justice principles with reporting restrictions ⓘ
supervisedBy	Court of Appeal of England and Wales ⓘ
usesProcedureRules	Court of Protection self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Court of Protection Rules 2017

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Office of the Public Guardian (England and Wales) → canApplyTo → Court of Protection ⓘ

Office of the Public Guardian (England and Wales) → worksWith → Court of Protection ⓘ

Mental Capacity Act 2005 → createsBody → Court of Protection ⓘ

Court of Protection → usesProcedureRules → Court of Protection self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Court of Protection Rules 2017