In JK v A Local Health Board [2019] EWHC 67 (Fam), Lieven J had to grapple with the intersection between the MCA, the MHA and the … Read More ›
In Re Various applications concerning foreign representative powers [2019] EWCOP 52. Senior Judge Hilder has returned to the complex issues that arise where an attorney … Read More ›
Parental Rights, Best Interests and Significant Harms: Medical Decision-Making on Behalf of Children Post-Great Ormond Street v Gard (edited by Imogen Goold, Jonathan Herring and … Read More ›
The first quarterly update to the Court of Protection Handbook can now be found here. Although it is primarily of use for those in possession … Read More ›
The frankly astonishing case of LB Barnet v JDO & Ors [2019] EWCOP 47 reads as an object lesson in how not to make an … Read More ›
Prompted by work done for the case of Re D, in which the Supreme Court gave judgment ([2019] UKSC 42) on 26 September 2019, which … Read More ›
In Re PR (Application under the inherent jurisdiction: Costs) [2019] EWHC 2800 (Fam), Cobb J has confirmed that applications made in relation to vulnerable adults … Read More ›
The Royal College of Physicians are in the process of updating their guidance on the management of patients in prolonged disorders of consciousness, due for … Read More ›
The October 2019 Mental Capacity Report will shortly be with subscribers. Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: … Read More ›
In AC v Patricia Hickey General Solicitor and Ors & AC v Fitzpatrick and Ors [2019] IESC 73, the Irish Supreme Court has grappled (inter … Read More ›