In Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust & Anor v RL & Ors [2023] EWCOP 22 (a decision handed down in February 2023, but only published … Read More ›
Tag: Best interests
In this ‘in conversation with,’ I talk to Siddiq Diwan, Imam and Lead Muslim Chaplain at the Manchester University Hospital Foundation Trust (and Vice Director … Read More ›
[This post is a joint effort by me together with Neil Allen and Emma Spruce, Counsel acting for D in the case of D v … Read More ›
In 2015, in Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v C and V [2015] EWCOP 80, MacDonald J provided both the then-authoritative summary of the principles … Read More ›
In NHS Surrey Heartlands ICB v JH [2023] EWCOP 3, Hayden J was asked to consider whether an advance decision to refuse invasive tests or … Read More ›
Hayden J had the chance in Re RN [2022] EWCOP 53 to put comprehensively to bed a suggestion that it is striking (to put it … Read More ›
The final report of the Judging Values and Participation in Mental Capacity Law project has now been published. Led by Dr Camillia Kong, and in … Read More ›
Following a previous training film about communication and participation for Court of Protection lawyers, a project team including researchers based at the Institute for Crime … Read More ›
Having just updated our guidance note about assessing and recording capacity, we have now updated our guidance note on determining and recording best interests. But … Read More ›
Our guidance note has been updated to reflect the decision of the Supreme Court in JB, as well as other recent case-law. We have also taken … Read More ›