# Court of Protection: Shaping New Law into Solution-Focused Answers for Your Clients

> Court-Proven, Solution-Focused Answers to 7 of the Biggest Legal Challenges facing Experienced Practitioners: Directly from Top-Flight King’s Counsel and Senior Juniors

- Format: Hybrid
- Date: Tuesday, 11 June 2024, 10:00AM to 4:00PM (registration from 9:30AM)
- On-demand: 18 June 2024 until 22 October 2024
- Venue: The Caledonian Club, 9 Halkin Street, London, SW1X 7DR
- 5 hours CPD
- Rates: On-Demand Single £119.00 + VAT per person; On-Demand Team £259.00 + VAT per team
- Status: This conference has taken place
- Book: https://whitepaper.co.uk/conferences/courtofprotect24

## Programme

- Chair's Introduction: Court of Protection: Shaping new law into solution-focused answers for your clients
  - Chaired by Gary Rycroft, Joseph A Jones & Co
- Dodgy Attorneys: How do you gain an edge when contending with dodgy attorneys and deputies, who are simply plundering the donor's assets or intimidating the donor into approving actions otherwise unconscionable?
  - Answered by Mark Baxter, 5 SB
- Borderline Capacity: How do you address difficulties with borderline and fluctuating capacity when making an LPA, including distorted memories, false beliefs and personality change?
  - Answered by Mark Dubbery, Pump Court Chambers
- Conflicts of Interest: What is the latest judicial thinking on how to untangle conflicts of interest, including conducting proceedings on a person's behalf and the appointment of connected asset managers?
  - Answered by Richard Dew, Ten Old Square
- P's Wishes: In borderline cases, what are the options and best practice advice when distinguishing a client's wish from a valid Advance Decision to Refuse Treatment and a valid will?
  - Answered by Edward Lamb KC, Deka Chambers
- Autonomy and Best Interests: How far can you push the Court over autonomy, capacity and best interests, resolve tensions and secure better outcomes, following the spate of recent cases?
  - Answered by Fiona Scolding KC, Landmark Chambers
- Selling a Property: Given the significant delays in getting DOL Authorisations, what other methods will the Court accept to authorise a deputy to sell a property when someone no longer lives there?
  - Answered by Jordan Holland, 5 SB
- Contentious Statutory Wills: In Statutory Will Applications, is there a creative way of resolving the situation if you can't reach an agreement with the other side, and how do you protect yourself from costs consequences?
  - Answered by Francesca Gardner, 39 Essex Chambers

## How to book

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