Blog: Court of Protection (Health and Welfare)

Role of a Litigation Friend In welfare cases in the Court of Protection, where an adult lacks the mental capacity to conduct their own court case, a…

COVID-19 vaccine for those lacking capacity More than 4 million people in the UK have now received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. However, deciding whether to have the…

Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS) were introduced to protect people (aged 18 years old or over) who do not have capacity…