Court of Protection

PO Box 70185

First Avenue House

42–49 High Holborn

London WC1A 9JA

Tel: 0300 456 4600 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm)

Email: courtofprotectionenquiries@hmcts.gsi.gov.uk

Court of Protection (emergency applications out of office hours)

Tel: 020 7947 6000 (Royal Courts of Justice enquiry number: ask for urgent business officer)

or

Tel: 020 7947 6260 (Royal Courts of Justice security)

Royal Courts of Justice

The Strand

London WC2A 2LL

Tel: 020 7936 6000

Queen’s Building

Royal Courts of Justice

London WC2A 2LL

Tel: 020 7947 6543

Email: rcj.familyhighcourt@hmcts.gsi.gov.uk

WC2A 2LL

Tel: 020 7947 7717

Official Solicitor and Public Trustee

Victory House

30–34 Kingsway

London WC2B 6EX

DX 141423 Bloomsbury

Office of the Public Guardian

PO Box 16185

Birmingham

B12 2WH

DX 74424 Birmingham 79

Tel: 0300 456 0300

E-mail: customerservices@publicguardian.gsi.gov.uk

Court Funds Office

Court Funds Office

Glasgow

G58 1AB

DX: 501757 Cowglen

Tel: 0300 0200 199

E-mail: enquiries@cfo.gsi.gov.uk

www.gov.uk/apply-to-the-court-of-protection

Contains all the Court of Protection forms and current details as to fees

www.judiciary.gov.uk/publication-type/practice-directions/

Contains Practice Directions and Court of Protection Rules

www.bailii.org

British and Irish Legal Information Institute: transcripts of judgments including increasing numbers of decisions of the Court of Protection.

www.mentalhealthlawonline.co.uk

Extensive site containing legislation, case transcripts and other useful material relating to both the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and Mental Health Act 1983. It has transcripts for more Court of Protection cases than any other site (including subscription-only sites).

www.iclr.co.uk

Incorporated Council of Law Reporting website, includes a number of free case summaries and case reports.

www.copcasesonline.com

Site maintained by 39 Essex Chambers with searchable database of cases relating to mental capacity law, as well as back issues of newsletter (available for free on a monthly basis. To be added to the mailing list email: marketing@39essex.com)

www.gardensocial.co.uk

Garden Court Chambers has a website and newsletter dedicated to social welfare, including community care, mental health and incapacity issues.

www.courtofprotectionhandbook.com

A free site accompanying Court of Protection Handbook with links to relevant statutory material and updates on practice and procedure cross-referenced to the book.

www.legalaidhandbook.com

A free site accompanying the Legal Action Group’s Legal Aid Handbook, including updates to the handbook and resources relating to legal aid.

www.mhla.co.uk

Mental Health Lawyers Association website including list of members (and associate members) practising in the field of mental health and, increasingly, mental capacity law.

www.lawsociety.org.uk

Law Society website, which includes ability to search for solicitor by area of law.

www.barcouncil.org.uk

The Bar Council maintains a list of all barristers, and a further list of those offering public access, on its website There is also a dedicated telephone number and email address for questions about public access:

Tel: 020 7611 1472

E-mail: PAenquiry@barcouncil.org.uk

www.chambersandpartners.com

Legal directory offering information about leading solicitors and barristers, including those specialising in Court of Protection work.

www.legal500.com

Legal directory offering information about leading solicitors and barristers, including those specialising in Court of Protection work.

www.solicitorsfortheelderly.com

Solicitors for the Elderly (SFE) is an independent, national organisation of lawyers, such as solicitors, barristers and legal executives who provide specialist legal advice for older and vulnerable people, their families and carers. Their website includes a ‘find a lawyer’ function.

http://pinningtonlaw.co.uk/glossary/ 

Glossary of legal terms for non-lawyers

www.citizensadvice.org.uk/law-and-rights/

Useful overview of the English legal system and key legal rights

www.scie.org.uk

The Social Care Institute for Excellence website includes good practice guidance in a number of areas relating to mental capacity and related law as well as a guide (SCIE Guide 42) to accessing the Court of Protection.

www.mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk

A website maintained by Alex Ruck Keene dedicated to improving understanding of and practice in the field of mental capacity law, including articles, papers and other resources on the MCA 2005 and discussion forums.

http://thesmallplaces.wordpress.com

Blog site maintained by Lucy Series, socio-legal researcher and expert commentator upon the Court of Protection.

www.communitycare.co.uk

Online magazine dedicated to community care matters, which frequently includes useful stories relating to the MCA 2005.

http://autonomy.essex.ac.uk

The Essex Autonomy Project is a research and knowledge-exchange initiative based at the University of Essex. It runs a number of projects (and a summer school) relating to the MCA 2005, from a philosophical angle.