Dekinar: Children, Capacity and the Court of Protection in Injury Litigation: common misconceptions and traps

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Published: 23/05/2023

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In this webinar, Edward Lamb covers:

Protected parties and the CPR: reaching parts the White Book cannot

  • The new CPR Part 21 a missed opportunity?
  • White Book guidance on capacity to be treated with caution
  • Practical solutions to low value, high dependency cases: arguments for claimants and defendants
  • Recent practice in the Masters Corridor relating to investment of funds and child trusts

Disclosure to and from the COP in catastrophic injury cases

  • Highlighting the importance of coordination between the civil and COP jurisdictions in catastrophic cases
  • A worked example and practical solutions to a perennial problem

View the slides – Children, Capacity and the Court of Protection in Injury Litigation

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Edward Lamb KC

Call 2006 | Silk 2024

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