...Jaime Lindsey; Mary O’Reardon Purpose The purpose of this paper is to consider the role of social work professional evidence in mental capacity law, specifically Court of Protection proceedings. The authors analyse how social workers perform as evidence givers in this domain and how social work...

... the Court of Protection of England and Wales and the Supreme Court of the UK. The Court of Protection’s powers are defined under the MCA (2005) . Whereas prior to MCA (2005) its powers were limited to financial affairs; with enactment came additional powers in respect of health and personal welfare...

...Alison Brammer Purpose This paper aims to summarize the work of the Court of Protection. Design/methodology/approach The paper outlines the history and range of applications within the jurisdiction of the Court, drawing from the Mental Capacity Act and the Code of Practice. Reference is made...

.... But there is more to this change than a simple re‐arrangement of words, as shown in this article. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Mental Capacity Act Mental capacity Office of the Public Guardian Court of Protection Deputyship Lasting powers of attorney Policy The Mental Capacity Act...

... may have occurred. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Public Guardianship Office Court of Protection Financial abuse VIEW Organisational PE ER·RE pro le ED The work of the PGO in protecting vulnerable people from nancial abuse Sophie Burns Research Assistant, Salomons, Canterbury Christ Church...

...Hilary Brown; Sophie Burns; Barry Wilson The risk of financial abuse is a major concern for the PGO and the Court of Protection. Master Lush has suggested that some 10‐15% of cases brought to the Court involve some element of abuse or impropriety. The study reported here analysed case files...