Background

What does the Court of Protection do?

The Court of Protection was created to help people who lack mental capacity. Its duties include:

  • Deciding whether someone lacks mental capacity to make a particular decision
  • Appointing a Deputy – someone authorised to make certain decisions on a person’s behalf
  • Making urgent and emergency orders – for example, if someone requires immediate medical treatment but lacks the capacity to consent
  • Making Statutory Wills where someone cannot make a Will themselves
  • Making decisions in relation to a person who is deprived of their liberty (their actions and movements are being restricted)

Team

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Richard Pollock

Head of Court of Protection

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Sarah Cornish

Head of Private Client

Ben Sidgwick

Associate

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Louise Brown

Associate

Rebecca Moore

Associate

Daniel Doswell

Family Executive

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John Holdsworth

Chartered Legal Executive

Key contact

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Richard Pollock

Head of Court of Protection

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