Navigating Litigation Capacity Issues - 14 Dec 2021

This webinar is brought to you by the Garden Court Chambers Court of Protection Team. This webinar will address the key principles in litigation capacity and common issues that arise in a range of practice areas: asylum and immigration, community care, education and housing proceedings. Our speakers will discuss how the principles apply in practice and practical approaches to navigating issues that arise. The webinar is aimed at practitioners with varying levels of experience of mental capacity issues and will include an introduction to some of the key concepts in the Mental Capacity Act 2005. Programme (i) Introduction to key principles: principles on mental capacity in the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and assessing litigation capacity- Helen Curtis, Garden Court Chambers (ii) CPR Part 21, litigation capacity and litigation friends: issues in community care and housing cases - Bethan Harris and Tim Baldwin, both of Garden Court Chambers (iii) Education: litigation capacity issues in SEND appeals - Ollie Persey, Garden Court Chambers (iv) Asylum and immigration: litigation capacity issues in tribunal appeals and judicial review - Emma Fitzsimons, Garden Court Chambers https://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk...