The recent flurry of case comments on my website has, I think, caught me up with the most important recent cases from the CoP. I … Read More ›
Month: December 2020
The Court of Appeal has had little hesitation dismissing ([2020] EWCA Civ 1675) the appeal by Dahlia Griffith against her conviction and sentence of imprisonment for … Read More ›
AA (Court of Protection: Capacity To Consent To Sexual Practices) [2020] EWCOP 66 concerned AA, a 19 year old man, who had been diagnosed as … Read More ›
In AB (Court of Protection: Police Disclosure) [2019] EWCOP 66, a decision handed down in October 2019, but which for some reason did not appear on … Read More ›
Re CVF [2020] EWCOP 65 concerned the capacity and best interests of a 29 year old woman, CVF, with diagnoses of diabetes, learning disability, emotionally … Read More ›
In KK v Leeds City Council [2020] EWCOP 64, Cobb J had to consider whether P’s maternal aunt should be joined to welfare proceedings. The aunt, … Read More ›
In this “in conversation with” Dr Nuala Kane, Nuala discusses the work that she has been leading on under the umbrella of the Mental Health … Read More ›