Court of Protection Handbook: a user's guide provides an overview of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Court of Protection, before turning to a step-by-step guide through the processes of preparing and making an application, funding and representation issues, preparing for and appearing at hearings, evidence, costs, enforcement and appeals.Updated with added commentary on the new Court of Protection (Amendment) Rules 2015 and direction orders this Revised First Edition remains the only available single volume work to address in detail the practice and processes of the Court of Protection across the whole range of its works.