In this ‘in conversation with’, I talk to Jacob Jorem, a Norwegian psychiatrist, lawyer and researcher, about the Norwegian experience… Read more
Month: June 2024
Capacity for care providers
In this video, I seek to answer a question I very often get asked – namely “why do I keep… Read more
The SEND Tribunal, litigation capacity, and the complexity of the intersection between E, H and C
With thanks to Matthew Wyard of 3PB for bringing this case to my attention, MM (C) v RB Greenwich [2024]… Read more
Risk-taking, best interests and health and welfare deputies
AB v CD [2024] EWCOP 32 concerned the best interests of a 27 year old man with a moderate learning… Read more
Capacity, sexual relations, silos and public protection – an impossible tangle for the Court of Protection?
In A Local Authority v ZX [2024] EWCOP 30, HHJ Burrows was confronted, to his considerable (and understandable) disquiet, with… Read more
The human condition and physician assisted dying – the latest view from the European Court of Human Rights
In Karsai v Hungary [2024] ECHR 516, the European Court of Human Rights has made clear that, whatever the current… Read more
How far can the Court of Protection go to ensure its orders are complied with?
In LB Hackney v A, B and C [2024] EWCOP 33, John McKendrick KC has answered a question which, as… Read more
39 Essex Chambers June 2024 Mental Capacity Report
The June 2024 Mental Capacity Report is now out. Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation… Read more
Capacity, habitual residence, and internet use in Scotland – a Court of Protection conundrum
In Newcastle City Council v LM [2023] EWCOP 69, David Rees KC (sitting as a Tier 3 Judge of the… Read more
What is a headnoted law report, and why does it matter?
In this video, I walk through an example of a judicially approved headnote to a Court of Protection case. It… Read more