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 ›
Month: November 2021
The Court of Appeal has made some very important observations about the role of judicial visits in Court of Protection cases. In Re AH (Serious … Read More ›
Re ZK (No 2) [2021] EWCOP 61 is the sequel to one reported upon earlier here, and contains some important observations in relation to assessment of … Read More ›
The Supreme Court has for the first time looked in detail at what it means to have or lack capacity to make a decision, and … Read More ›
Not just those within Ireland, but also those interested from other jurisdictions, in seeing how a hugely important law reform in this area is being … Read More ›
The November 2021 Mental Capacity Reports is about to hit subscribers‘ inboxes. Highlights this month include: Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare … Read More ›
The Ministry of Justice are consulting on a potential mechanism to enable families seeking access to small funds belonging to loved ones who lack mental … Read More ›
Researchers on the AHRC-funded project, Judging Values and Participation in Mental Capacity Law, based at the ICPR, Birkbeck School of Law, have pioneered a training … Read More ›
In Hull City Council v A & Ors [2021] EWCOP 60, Poole J was concerned with – in effect – what was less bad: allowing a … Read More ›
In North West London Clinical Commissioning Group v GU [2021] EWCOP 59, Hayden J made a series of very powerful observations about the obligations imposed … Read More ›