The decision in AMDC v AG & Anor [2020] EWCOP 58 serves as an important reminder of how demanding the process of assessing and reporting … Read More ›
Category: Capacity
In King v The Wright Roofing Company Ltd [2020] EWHC 2129 (QB), a personal injury case, Kerr J had to decide whether the claimant had capacity … Read More ›
In a judgment relating to the business affairs of the Hinduja family (Hinduja v Hinduja & Ors [2020] EWHC 1533 (Ch)) Falk J, sitting in … Read More ›
The Court of Appeal in A Local Authority v JB [2020] EWCA Civ 735 has made clear that we have been asking the wrong question … Read More ›
Can impaired decision-making capacity constitute a ‘status’ for purposes of purposes of the law relating to discrimination? That was the question posed before the Upper … Read More ›
BP v Surrey County Council & Anor [2020] EWCOP 22 is the second decision concerning an 83 year old man, BP. It follows the earlier … Read More ›
Possibly as a result of lessons learned in relation to the case of Mrs H, the same NHS Trust has brought a further application in … Read More ›
In QJ v A Local Authority Hayden J was considering the situation of an 87 year old man with vascular dementia challenging a DoLS authorisation … Read More ›
In Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & Anor v H [2020] EWCOP 5, the delay in bringing and then resolving an application relating to medical … Read More ›
In GSTT & SLAM v R [2020] EWCOP 4, Hayden J has come back to the extremely thorny question of what the court is meant to … Read More ›