The Court of Protection is a court based in London which makes decisions on financial or welfare matters for people who are unable to make their own decisions at a specific time as they lack mental capacity.

It can make decisions and take action in respect of the following matters:

• Whether someone has the mental capacity to make a specific decision;
• Appoint deputies to make on-going decisions for people who lack mental capacity;
• Give people permission to make one-off decisions for someone who lacks mental capacity;
• Handles urgent and emergency applications where a decision needs to be made on behalf of someone else;
• Make decisions about lasting or enduring power of attorneys and consider objections to their registration;
• Consider applications to make statutory wills or gifts;
• Make decisions about whether someone can be deprived of their liberty under the Mental Capacity Act.

If you would like to discuss whether the services of the Court of Protection may be relevant to you, please contact us on 01384 410410 to speak to one of our Private Client lawyers.

Our lawyers have offices based in Wolverhampton and Cradley Heath and provide assistance to clients across the West Midlands including: Stourbridge, Kidderminster, Birmingham, Dudley and Walsall. Please contact us on 01384 410410 to speak to one of our Private Client lawyers.