In this ‘in conversation with’, I talk to Jacob Jorem, a Norwegian psychiatrist, lawyer and researcher, about the Norwegian experience introducing decision-making capacity into (at … Read More ›
Month: June 2024
In this video, I seek to answer a question I very often get asked – namely “why do I keep having to fill out capacity … Read More ›
With thanks to Matthew Wyard of 3PB for bringing this case to my attention, MM (C) v RB Greenwich [2024] UKUT 179 (AAC) is an … Read More ›
AB v CD [2024] EWCOP 32 concerned the best interests of a 27 year old man with a moderate learning disability, and visual and hearing … Read More ›
In A Local Authority v ZX [2024] EWCOP 30, HHJ Burrows was confronted, to his considerable (and understandable) disquiet, with the need to determine whether … Read More ›
In Karsai v Hungary [2024] ECHR 516, the European Court of Human Rights has made clear that, whatever the current political head of steam behind … Read More ›
In LB Hackney v A, B and C [2024] EWCOP 33, John McKendrick KC has answered a question which, as he noted, had curiously not … Read More ›
The June 2024 Mental Capacity Report is now out. Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: when no … Read More ›
In Newcastle City Council v LM [2023] EWCOP 69, David Rees KC (sitting as a Tier 3 Judge of the Court of Protection) helpfully set … Read More ›
In this video, I walk through an example of a judicially approved headnote to a Court of Protection case. It serves as shameless (but I … Read More ›