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7.1The vast majority of the applications dealt with by the Court of Protection concern property and affairs. These make up in the region of 95 per cent of the work of the court.
1By way of example, of the 23,525 applications received by the court in 2015, 20,876 (89 per cent) concerned property and affairs and only 2,469 (11 per cent) concerned health and welfare (statistics provided by former Senior Judge Lush).7.2This chapter looks first at the application process for property and affairs applications, focussing on a deputyship application. It then goes on to look at issues relating to deputyship and other types of applications to the court as well as the court’s powers in relation to Lasting and Enduring Powers of Attorney (LPA/EPA). Chapter 8 looks at responding to an application and the procedure when an application is contested.
7.3A flowchart summarising the procedure is set out at the end of this chapter. The very significant majority of applications concerning P’s property and affairs are not contested, and are necessary simply because court authority is needed lawfully to make the necessary decisions.