In Re BC (Child in Care: Change of Forename and Surname) [2024] EWHC 1639 (Fam), Poole J approved a request by a 15 year old … Read More ›
Tag: capacity
In A Local Authority v ZX [2024] EWCOP 30, HHJ Burrows was confronted, to his considerable (and understandable) disquiet, with the need to determine whether … Read More ›
What is the test to decide whether you can defend yourself against a charge that you are in contempt of court? That was the question … Read More ›
Re J (Blood Transfusion: Older Child: Jehovah’s Witnesses) [2024] EWHC 1034 (Fam) is a characteristically thoughtful judgment from Cobb J, concerning whether authorisation should be … Read More ›
In Lukes v Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust & Anor [2024] EWHC 753 (KB) Julian Knowles J had to consider whether … Read More ›
Re ZZ (Capacity) [2024] EWCOP 21 is an example of a relatively species of case, namely a successful appeal in relation to capacity. At first … Read More ›
Y NHS Foundation Trust v AN & Anor [2024] EWHC 805 (Fam) concerned a 16 year old girl, AN, who had very recently been diagnosed with … Read More ›
The very difficult case of Rotherham and Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust v NR & Anor [2024] EWCOP 17 concerned a pregnant woman, … Read More ›
In light of the publication of the Westminster Parliament’s Health and Social Care Committee’s (very good) report on assisted dying / assisted suicide on 29 … Read More ›
Those who might want to think a bit more about ‘lifestyle choice’ in the light of current headlines might find of some potential interest / … Read More ›