Paul Bowen KC, sitting as a Tier 3 Judge, helpfully restated the interaction between the MCA and the ECHR in the medical treatment context in … Read More ›
Category: Medical treatment
The very difficult case of Re H (An Adult; Termination) [2023] EWCOP 183[1] stands out for the careful attempt by the judge – John McKendrick KC … Read More ›
In Re VA (Medical Treatment) [2023] EWCA Civ 1190, the Court of Appeal considered an appeal by a litigant in person (on her behalf, and … Read More ›
The case of Andy Casey sheds light again on the difficult question of diagnosing death by neurological criteria (‘DNC’), and the wider question of what, … Read More ›
The desperately sad case of An NHS Trust v ST & Anor [2023] EWCOP 40 provides an example of how far the courts have come … Read More ›
The issue facing the Upper Tribunal in SF v Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership [2023] UKUT 205 (AAC) was crisply delineated by UTJ Church thus: … Read More ›
In Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust v JM & Anor [2023] EWCOP 38, Hayden J has helpfully reminded us of the fact that a person … Read More ›
Barnet Enfield And Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust & Anor v Mr K & Ors [2023] EWCOP 35 concerned the health and welfare of a … Read More ›
R (JJ) v Spectrum Community Healthcare CIC [2023] EWCA Civ 885, a decision of the Court of Appeal handed down on 25 July 2023, raises … Read More ›
In a decision handed down with considerable speed (the hearing being on 10-11 May 2023, and judgment being delivered on 12 July 2023), the Supreme … Read More ›