Press Association v Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust [2014] EWCOP 6 Summary This is the follow up to a decision of Peter Jackson J [2014] EWCOP 454 relating to the question of whether it was lawful to withhold blood transfusions from a gravely ill Jehovah’s Witness. For reasons discussed in our previous case note, […]
Monthly archives for June, 2014
The CRPD, undue influence and the COP
LB Haringey v CM [2014] EWCOP B23 Summary This case concerns an objection by a family member to the appointment of a local authority as property and affairs deputy. It is of note for being the first time in which the General Comment on Article 12 to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities […]
Costs, the CoP and the media
Re G (Adult) (Costs) [2014] EWCOP 5 Summary We have covered the previous episodes in this rather depressing story in earlier issues of our newsletter. In very summary form, the London Borough of Redbridge sought to take steps to investigate and obtain relief to protect an elderly lady, G. The web in which G […]
The HoL Select Committee – the ...
The response to the Select Committee’s post-legislative scrutiny report has been published today (10 June) and is available here. I reproduce here the Executive Summary, and will comment further in due course: 2. Executive summary 2.1 On the 13th March 2014, the House of Lords Select Committee on the Mental Capacity Act 2005 published the report […]
June Mental Capacity Law Newsletters
The Thirty Nine Essex Street Mental Capacity Law Newsletters for June are now out. There are a whole range of delights, including: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Newsletter: the Court of Appeal revisits capacity (and the role of precedent); prohibiting contact; and advance decisions to refuse treatment; (2) In the […]
