Court of Protection

  At Horsepools, we are passionate about Court of Protection Costs and pride ourselves on delivering an excellent service to all of our clients. 

As a team, we use our knowledge and experience to guide you through the costs process and work collaboratively with you, rather than for you and offer a tailored approach to suit your needs. 

 We can assist with the following:

• Drafting Deputyship application Bills of Costs,
• Preparing Bills of Costs for General Management periods,
• Statutory Will applications,
• Gifting applications
• Property Work
• General Ad Hoc applications

We are also able to offer support to our clients and deal with the following on their behalf;

• Filing the Bills of Costs with the SCCO for assessment
• Submitting PDF bundles and files to the SCCO once the bill has been accepted
• Reviewing provisionally assessed Bills of Costs and providing assessment advice
• Preparing and submitting appeals to the SCCO if required

We also provide free annual training to our clients which can be tailored to suit a variety of topics. 

Our training helps clients to manage their files, provide advice around time-recording and refresh their knowledge around COP costs, which in turn helps to maximise recovery. 

We can also help you with legally aided Court of Protection matters; please see website link to legally aided matters.

With our strong team, we can help you with billing for all areas of Court of Protection matters which can range from preparing short firm bills to detailed bills of costs for assessment with the SCCO. 

The head of department, Danielle Walker, leads an experienced team who can assist you with billing for all areas of Court of Protection; ranging from short form bills to detailed bills due for assessment with the SCCO. 

If you require any assistance in relation to your Court of Protection billing, please contact Danielle at Danielle@horsepools.co.uk for a timely response