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Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Church on 10 December 2024

• Updated: 4 February 2025

Help someone make decisions if they appoint you or if they lack mental capacity - includes using a power of attorney, becoming a deputy and getting a one-off Court of Protection ruling

• When you can make decisions for someone

  Someone can choose you to make and carry out certain decisions on their…

• How to make decisions

  As someone’s attorney or deputy you must: give them all the help they need…

• Checking mental capacity

  A person may not have mental capacity because of a problem with the way…

Policy and guidance for prisons on caring for and managing young people in custody.

• Updated: 25 September 2023

Some SIA front line licence holders are trained in physical intervention. This page recaps information from that training.

• Updated: 13 December 2024

Handling employees' grievances at work - setting up a grievance procedure, holding a grievance hearing and managing appeals

Guidance for NHS regarding disclosure to individuals holding either a Lasting Power of Attorney or a deputyship.

• Updated: 10 November 2021

This guidance provides information on Acute Respiratory Infections (ARIs) in higher-risk settings.

• Updated: 16 February 2024

Find what you or your business may need before you hire someone to act directly or indirectly on your behalf.

• Updated: 21 August 2024

Understand the roles of accountable persons and the principal accountable person for a high-rise residential building, and what they must do.

• Updated: 18 September 2024

Information on cryptosporidium including sources and routes of transmission, symptoms, and general hygiene advice to minimise the spread.

• Updated: 1 November 2023