Court of Protection User Group

"The purpose of the Court User Group is to provide a forum for discussion for matters causing concern for Court Users and views and comments on policy issues."

Meetings

Forthcoming meetings

No future event is currently listed on our database (see previous events).

Past meetings

2019-04-30 (Event: Court of Protection User Group Meeting - London, 30/4/19, Description: See Court of Protection User Group for information about the group. Contact Tolu Somade, Business Support Officer to HHJ Hilder (tolulope.somade@Justice.gov.uk) to confirm attendance at the meeting. Time: 2pm. Note change of date (previously was 23/4/19). See Minutes of Court User Group Meeting (30/4/19).)
2019-10-15 (Event: Court of Protection User Group Meeting (London, 15/10/19), Description: See Court of Protection User Group for information about the group. Contact Tolu Somade, Business Support Officer to HHJ Hilder (tolulope.somade@Justice.gov.uk) to confirm attendance at the meeting. Time: 2pm.)
2020-10-08 (Event: Court of Protection User Group Meeting (online, 8/10/20), Description: Following the postponement of the 28/4/20 meeting, and a further postponement from 6/10/20, the next meeting will be held on 8/10/20. Please contact Tolulope Somade (tolulope.somade@Justice.gov.uk) for further information or to let her know that you cannot attend via Microsoft Teams.)
2021-04-14 (Event: Court of Protection User Group: Meeting (online, 14/4/21), Description: The next meeting will take place via Microsoft Teams. Time: 2pm. Send the following details to Natalie Cheesewright (Natalie.Cheesewright@Justice.gov.uk) if you wish to attend: name, company, email, telephone number. Items for inclusion on the agenda should be sent by 4pm on 1/4/21. Agenda. Minutes.)
2021-06-24 (Event: Court of Protection User Group: Property and affairs meeting (online, 24/6/21), Description: This Court User Group meeting is for P&A matters only and will take place via Microsft Teams. Time: 2pm. Please email Natalie.Cheesewright@Justice.gov.uk if you wish to attend. Items for inclusion on the agenda should be sent by 4pm on 10/6/21. Minutes of previous meeting.)
2021-10-27 (Event: Court of Protection User Group: General meeting (online, 27/10/21), Description: This meeting, unlike the earlier Event:Court of Protection User Group: Property and affairs meeting (online, 24/6/21), is for COP matters generally. Please email Natalie.Cheesewright@Justice.gov.uk if you wish to attend. On 4/8/21 it was posponed from 13/10/21 to 27/10/21 at 2pm. See updated agenda. See COP User Group, 'Minutes of Court User Group Meeting' (27/10/21).)
2022-04-20 (Event: Court of Protection User Group Meeting (online, 20/4/22), Description: This meeting will be "held remotely via MS Teams (in person upon request)". Time: 2pm. Please email Natalie.Cheesewright@Justice.gov.uk if you wish to attend. Items for inclusion on the agenda should be sent by 4pm on 1/4/22.)

Minutes

Older minutes (listed manually)

Minutes of Court User Group Meeting (12/10/16)

Carolyn Hilder, 'Court User Group' (notification of 26/4/17 meeting, 29/3/17)

Minutes of Court User Group Meeting (26/4/17)

Minutes of Court User Group Meeting (25/4/18) — The next meeting of the Court of Protection User Group will be at 1400 on Wednesday 17/10/18 in Court 23 at First Avenue House.

Minutes of Court User Group Meeting (17/10/18) — (1) Apologies. (2) Minutes and Action points. (3) Court Manager’s Report: (a) Issue volumes; (b) Disposals; (c) Timeliness; (d) Backlogs; (e) COP 9s; (f) Multiple Points of Entry. (4) Filing of Bundles on time. (5) Delays in dealing with applications and urgent applications. (6) Update on court dress in public hearings. (7) Removal of bundles after Hearing. (8) E-Bundles. (9) Update on Accredited Legal Representatives (ALR). (10) Bonding of Lay deputies. (11) Capacity regarding financial scams. (12) Use of professional visitors. (13) Any other business. (14) Date of next meeting: Tuesday 23/4/19 at 2pm at First Avenue House.

Newer minutes (on database)

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COP User Group, 'Minutes of Court User Group Meeting' (27/10/21) (Sentence: COPUG minutes, Abstract: Headings include: Operations/Delivery Manager’s Report, including pilot update and graph; Filing COP20 Certificates; Update from the Mental Capacity Policy Team; Support for listings in SE Region; OPG requirement for the completion of a COP4 form when applying for a Local Authority to become replacement Deputy; Current timescales (deputy orders/ other property applications/ welfare applications); Delays in orders (with example); Urgent applications for ACC authority for costs on education appeals; Delays in receiving orders from the court after they have been made; Accredited legal representatives (ALRs), staff are waiting for courses to resume (Is the Court able to assist by raising this in some forum with the Law Society?); Public Observers' Issues.)
Minutes of Court User Group Meeting (14/4/21) (Sentence: COPUG minutes, Abstract: These are the minutes of Court of Protection User Group: Meeting (online, 14/4/21), including the appendices and list of action points. The next meetings are: (1) Court User Group for property and affairs matters only, 24 June 2021 at 2pm; (2) General Court User Group, 13 October 2021 at 2pm.)
Minutes of Court User Group Meeting (8/10/20) (Sentence: COPUG minutes, Abstract: (1) Apologies; (2) Minutes and action points; (3) Operations Manager's report; (4) Delivery Manager's report; (5) Update from the Mental Capacity Policy Team; (6) Current arrangements during pandemic; (7) Current statistics; (8) Court of Protection hearings inbox; (9) Digital developments; (10) Property and affairs deputy seeking to raise welfare issues; (11) AOB. The next meeting was arranged for 14/4/21.)
Minutes of Court User Group Meeting (15/10/19) (Sentence: COPUG minutes, Abstract: (1) Apologies; (2) Minutes and Action points; (3) Court Manager’s Report; (4) Misplaced COP20As and COP20Bs; (5) Interim deputyship orders that specify the date on which the appointment will end; (6) Clerical mistakes or slip rules on court orders; (7) Service of final orders (Rule 6.2); (8) Anonymised deputyship orders; (9) Delayed issue of COPDOL 11 applications; (10) Delivery of bundles and position statements; (11) Problems in deputyship orders; (12) Service of orders on Local Authority applicant; (13) P&A deputyship orders - exclusion of authority to (a) enter into/terminate tenancies or (b) sell; (14) Required forms; (15) Photographs of court as visual aid for P; (16) E-mails received out of hours to vacate next day hearings; (17) Any other business.)
Minutes of Court User Group Meeting (30/4/19) (Sentence: COPUG minutes, Abstract: (1) Apologies; (2) Minutes and Action points; (3) Court Manager's Report; (4) Update on the Mental Capacity Amendment Bills; (5) Response to correspondence; (6) Update on ALR scheme; (7) Contacting the court by telephone; (8) Update on progress of e-bundling; (9) COP9 papers not served; (10) COP General visitors using insecure IT equipment when visiting lay deputies; (11) Dealing with urgent applications; (12) Applications for authorities outside the standard terms of deputyship; (13) Request for consideration of a streamlined property and affairs process; (14) Amendment of property and affairs order templates to include reference to support for making decisions when P has capacity; (15) Naming solicitors in judgments; (16) Any other business. Next meeting: 15/10/19 at 1400, at First Avenue House.)
Minutes of Court User Group Meeting (25/4/18) (Sentence: COPUG minutes, Abstract: The next meeting of the Court of Protection User Group will be at 1400 on Wednesday 17/10/18 in Court 23 at First Avenue House.)

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