The Court of Appeal has this morning (26 January) handed down judgment in R(Ferreira) v HM Senior Coroner for Inner South London & Ors [2017] … Read More ›
Author: Alex RK
In Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust v Z [2016] EWCOP 50, Hayden J had to contemplate three options on behalf of a woman, … Read More ›
The Medical Protection Society in partnership with Cambridgeshire County Council and NHS England has just launched a new Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty … Read More ›
I reproduce here an updated version of the case summary and comment on the case of Briggs v Briggs [2016] EWCOP 53 that appeared in the December 2016 … Read More ›
Highlights this month include: 1.In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Newsletter: DOLS and objections, the scope of s.21A appeals and best interests in … Read More ›
The Court of Appeal has dismissed the Secretary of State’s appeal against the decision of Charles J in Re SRK [2016] EWCOP 27. By way … Read More ›
A special (open-access) issue of the Medical Law Review has just been published, based upon papers delivered at a conference held by the University of … Read More ›
My fellow editors and I are very pleased to announce that the second edition of the Court of Protection Handbook is now available from the … Read More ›
The substantive decision in the case of Briggs has just been handed down. We will have full analysis and comment in our (increasingly full) 39 Essex … Read More ›
The AAGBI has just published new guidelines on consent for anaesthesia. Previous guidelines on consent for anaesthesia were issued by the AAGBI in 1999 and … Read More ›