Mental Health, Legal Capacity and Human Rights (Michael Ashley Stein, Faraaz Mahomed, Vikram Patel and Charlene Sunkel, eds, Cambridge, 2021, Hardback, £85) [A version of … Read More ›
Month: September 2021
In Bell & Anor v The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust [2021] EWCA Civ 1363, the Court of Appeal upheld the appeal of the … Read More ›
The September 2021 Mental Capacity Report is now out. Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: capacity, silos … Read More ›
Following the consultation on increasing selected court fees and Help with Fees income thresholds by inflation, the Government response to the consultation has been published … Read More ›
The Court of Protection braced itself when COVID-19 hit for decisions to be placed before it about the withdrawal of medical treatment, including potentially agonising … Read More ›
In a short judgment delivered in April 2020, but only appearing on Bailii in late August 2021, HHJ Mark Rogers made two striking observations about … Read More ›
In Liverpool City Council v CMW [2021] EWCOP 50, Sir Mark Hedley had to consider whether a woman, CMW, who had recently turned 18 had capacity … Read More ›