In Caamaño Valle v Spain [2021] ECHR 387, the European Court of Human Rights hardened yet further its stance that those with cognitive impairments can … Read More ›
Category: Capacity
When and how does the concept of fluctuating capacity apply in the context of sexual relations? This was the question confronting Knowles J in Re … Read More ›
The decision in SS v LB Richmond on Thames and SWL CCG [2021] EWCOP 31 is different to others that have been reported to date (such … Read More ›
In AB v CD & Ors [2021] EWHC 741 (Fam), Lieven J has considered further the fall-out from the Bell judgment concerning the administration of … Read More ›
Re EOA [2021] EWCOP 20 is a complex case in relation to a 19 year old man, of wider interest for the way in which … Read More ›
R v Rebelo [2021] EWCA Crim 306 is a very unusual criminal case, posing essentially existential questions as to the interrelationship between capacity and autonomy. … Read More ›
In ZK (Landau-Kleffner Syndrome: Best Interests) [2021] EWCOP 12 the court considered the residence and contact arrangements for a 37 year old man, and the … Read More ›
In An NHS Trust v XB & Ors [2020] EWCOP 71, Theis J has further emphasised the thin legal ice for professionals seeking to administer … Read More ›
In Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust v TM [2021] EWCOP 8, Hayden J considered an urgent application made by the Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust … Read More ›
In Local Authority v GP (Capacity – Care, Support and Education) [2020] EWCOP 56 HHJ Dodd helpfully turned the eye of Sauron onto three areas … Read More ›