chocki Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 My friend is selling her house but her husband is in the later stages of dementia so, because he can't make decisions for himself, a Court Protection Order has been applied for. The initial application was made the middle of January 2012. It is now 11 months and still nothing has been heard about it. She has rung her solicitor several times but he is always out of the office but, on the one occasion she did speak to him, his reply was "well these things take time". Are we being unrealistic expecting something to have happened by now. What is a realistic amount of time. She is tearing her hair out now because she could lose a sale through this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyofborg Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 My friend is selling her house but her husband is in the later stages of dementia so, because he can't make decisions for himself, a Court Protection Order has been applied for. The initial application was made the middle of January 2012. It is now 11 months and still nothing has been heard about it. She has rung her solicitor several times but he is always out of the office but, on the one occasion she did speak to him, his reply was "well these things take time". Are we being unrealistic expecting something to have happened by now. What is a realistic amount of time. She is tearing her hair out now because she could lose a sale through this. i think she should be complaining about her current solicitor, all practices have a complaints procedure and also taking her business elsewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocki Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 i think she should be complaining about her current solicitor, all practices have a complaints procedure and also taking her business lsewhere I think she would like to do that but it means starting from scratch again. If it was me I would be going down to the solicitor and demanding to see him and start asking questions. Feel sorry for her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SportsTrophy Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 An increasingly common occurence. I have absolutely no faith in the courts. Judges have no faith in the courts or else they would still pass the death penalty. http://bible.cc/matthew/7-2.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longcol Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 An increasingly common occurence. I have absolutely no faith in the courts. Judges have no faith in the courts or else they would still pass the death penalty. http://bible.cc/matthew/7-2.htm Judges can only apply the sentences according to the law - and seeing as the death penalty is no longer on the statute books...............and never has been in protection issues....................your point is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgksheff Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 .......... Are we being unrealistic expecting something to have happened by now. What is a realistic amount of time. She is tearing her hair out now because she could lose a sale through this. The Courts Guidance Leaflet suggests that 16 weeks would be a reasonable expectation assuming that there are no complications. http://hmctsformfinder.justice.gov.uk/courtfinder/forms/cop42-eng.pdf Stick a rocket up his bum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 An increasingly common occurence. I have absolutely no faith in the courts. Judges have no faith in the courts or else they would still pass the death penalty. http://bible.cc/matthew/7-2.htm The death penalty no longer exists for judges to be able to pass it...it was parliament that removed it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 The Court of Protection is just that and not a sinister agency. But it's known to be (a) slow and (b) expensive. However, one can usually avoid it- by simply making a Lasting Power of Attorney. See the official HMG website at https://www.gov.uk/power-of-attorney/overview Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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