The Court of Appeal announced on the day of the hearing of the appeal against the decision of Lieven J… Read more
Month: April 2025
Serious medical treatment cases and naming clinicians – the Supreme Court decides
In the conjoined appeals of Abbasi and Haastrup [2025] UKSC 15, the Supreme Court has grappled with the questions of (1) the jurisdiction of… Read more
Book review: Dictionary of the Court of Protection
Book Review: HHJ Carolyn Hilder, DJ Lisa Clarke, DJ Mark Mullins, Gemma Daly, Simon Heapy, Lee Parkhill and Kriti Upadhyay, Dictionary… Read more
39 Essex Chambers Mental Capacity Report April 2025
The April 2025 Mental Capacity Report is now out. Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation… Read more
Parental consent to the confinement of younger children – again
The vexed question of whether and under what circumstances parents can consent to (or otherwise authorise) the confinement of children… Read more