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 ›
Month: February 2024
If you have been found by a criminal court that you did not know what you were doing was wrong when you killed someone, should … Read More ›
In Re RM Application for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) [2024] UKSC 7, the provisions of the Mental Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1986 came under scrutiny, shedding light at … Read More ›
In Aberdeenshire Council v SF (No 2) [2024] EWCOP 10, Poole J took the very unusual step of declining to recognise and enforce a foreign … Read More ›
A revised COP44A Help with fees application, and COP44B guidance notes have been published and are to be used with effect from Monday 12th February … Read More ›
Poole J is rapidly becoming the specialist sexual capacity judge at the Court of Protection. Following his decisions in Hull City Council v KF [2022] EWCOP … Read More ›
Re DY [2024] EWCOP 4 is a case showing how demanding taking capacity seriously is – and should be. It concerned a young woman, whom … Read More ›
Don’t ignore the Serious Medical Treatment Guidance – but let’s be clear about what the law requires
This is a post co-written by Tor Butler-Cole KC and I, prompted by the decision in GUP v EUP and UCLH NHS Foundation Trust [2024] … Read More ›
In a case from December 2023 which arrived on Bailii too late for the February 2024 Mental Capacity Report, Lieven J has confirmed something which … Read More ›
The February 2024 issue will be winging its way to subscribers on Monday morning. For those who can’t wait. Highlights this month include: In the Health, Welfare … Read More ›