Litigation Friends or Foes? Representation of ‘P’ before the Court of Protection

This article 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 proce...

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Autores principales: Ruck Keene, Alexander, Bartlett, Peter, Allen, Neil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Special Issue: The Mental Capacity Act 2005—Ten Years On
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5178317/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28007807
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/fww016
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spelling pubmed-51783172016-12-23 Litigation Friends or Foes? Representation of ‘P’ before the Court of Protection Ruck Keene, Alexander Bartlett, Peter Allen, Neil Med Law Rev Special Issue: The Mental Capacity Act 2005—Ten Years On This article 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. Oxford University Press 2016-08 2016-12-22 /pmc/articles/PMC5178317/ /pubmed/28007807 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/fww016 Text en © The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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