A few days early (next week is particularly busy for me), the May 2024 quarterly update to the Court of… Read more
Author: Alex RK
Alex is a barrister, writer and educator, and creator of the website www.mclap.org.uk
Revoking a deputyship – are the Court of Protection’s powers constrained?
In CL v Swansea Bay University Health Board & Ors [2024] EWCOP 22 Theis J has confirmed that that the… Read more
Serious medical treatment – the importance of the public record
In 2014, a (relatively) very long time ago, Sir James Munby, then President of the Court of Protection, issued guidance… Read more
Capacity, presumptions and catastrophe
As Lieven J noted in her opening paragraph, A Council v An NHS Foundation Trust & Ors [2024] EWHC 874… Read more
Residence, care, sex and marriage: an (unusual) successful appeal on capacity
Re ZZ (Capacity) [2024] EWCOP 21 is an example of a relatively species of case, namely a successful appeal in… Read more
Children, capacity and accepting the diagnosis
Y NHS Foundation Trust v AN & Anor [2024] EWHC 805 (Fam) concerned a 16 year old girl, AN, who had… Read more
Fees increase in the Court of Protection
With effect from 1 May 2024, the fee for making an application in the Court of Protection will rise from… Read more
Capacity, autonomy and the limits of the obligation to secure life
R (Parkin) v His Majesty’s Assistant Coroner for Inner London (East) [2024] EWHC 744 (Admin) is an important, but curious,… Read more
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill – an annotated version with notes and questions
From the perspective of an informed, and very interested, English outsider, I have produced an annotated version of the Member’s… Read more
NMCF Webinar: managing without the Liberty Protection Safeguards
Registration is open for the next NMCF Webinar, which takes places this Thursday, 11 April, noon-1pm. The focus will be… Read more