The Court of Protection (CoP) make decisions on financial or welfare matters for people who can’t make decisions at the time they need to be made as they lack the capacity to do so.

They are responsible for:

deciding whether someone has the mental capacity to make a particular decision for themselves

appointing deputies to make ongoing decisions for people who lack mental capacity

giving people permission to make one-off decisions on behalf of someone else who lacks mental capacity

handling urgent or emergency applications where a decision must be made on behalf of someone else without delay

making decisions about a lasting power of attorney or enduring power of attorney and considering any objections to their registration

considering applications to make statutory wills or gifts

making decisions about when someone can be deprived of their liberty under the Mental Capacity Act

You can apply to become someone’s deputy if they ‘lack mental capacity’. This means they cannot make a decision for themselves at the time it needs to be made. They may still be able to make decisions for themselves at certain times.

People may lack mental capacity because, for example:

they’ve had a serious brain injury or illness

they have dementia

they have severe learning disabilities

As a deputy, you’ll be authorised by the Court of Protection to make decisions on their behalf.

Types of deputy
There are 2 types of deputy.

Property and financial affairs deputy

You’ll do things like pay the person’s bills or organise their pension.

Personal welfare deputy

You’ll make decisions about medical treatment and how someone is looked after.

SC1 can manage the accommodation search and property adapting issues facing your clients. We provide a ‘turnkey’ service on property search, design and adaption. We submit the required reports to present to the Court at various stage of the process. We manage the costs and budget throughout the process by organising construction professionals who have been subject to our due diligence.

Turnkey operation.

Understanding the needs of the ‘injured person’ is paramount to sourcing the most appropriate property.

We can look into the current property market to see what level of funding could be required for your clients.

Sourcing rental property which can be adapted to provide short term accommodation.

Finding properties that can be adapted to provide lifetime accessible family homes.

Our design skills and understanding of property and the market can open up previously unthinkable properties to make them suitable.

Accountability – all the services under one roof so you have one point of contact for the professional design & construction element

Suitability reports – see ‘services’ section for more info.

The fluctuating property market can present financial constraints on clients. We can support the legal team if the need arises to go back to the Court for additional funding.

Ever-conscious about the clients budgets, we monitor this throughout the initial suitability & concept design stages to ensure the scheme can be tailored to the budget or we'll raise concerns if requirements and budgets don’t match.

We manage client expectations so they are realistic about what they can be provided with within budget.

Find contractors and perform due diligence and then engage those construction professionals required for the project