Litigation Letter
Mental incapacity
On 3 January the Official Solicitor to the Supreme Court issued a practice note giving his understanding of the law and practice
applying to the implementation of property adjustment orders and orders for sale in ancillary relief proceedings under Part
11 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 or s72 and Schedule 5 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 where one of the parties is
under mental incapacity.