Litigation friends or foes?: representation of 'P' before the Court of Protection

Ruck Keene, Alex; Bartlett, Peter; Allen, Neil

Abstract

This paper argues that, properly analysed, the common law and the European Convention on Human Rights (‘ECHR’) march hand in hand with the provisions of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (‘MCA 2005’) so as to impose a set of requirements on litigation friends acting for the subject of applications of proceedings before the Court of Protection (‘P’) which are very different to those currently understood by practitioners and the judiciary. The authors examine critically current practice and procedures and provide a set of proposals for reforms.

Citation

Ruck Keene, A., Bartlett, P., & Allen, N. (2016). Litigation friends or foes?: representation of 'P' before the Court of Protection. Medical Law Review, 24(3), https://doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/fww016

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 10, 2016
• Publication Date: Dec 22, 2016
• Deposit Date: May 31, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 1, 2017
• Journal: Medical Law Review
• Print ISSN: 0967-0742
• Electronic ISSN: 1464-3790
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 24
• Issue: 3
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/fww016
• Keywords: Best interests; Capacity; Court of Protection; Legal representation; Litigation friends
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/832536
• Publisher URL: https://academic.oup.com/medlaw/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/medlaw/fww016
• Contract Date: May 31, 2016