The very difficult case of Rotherham and Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust v NR & Anor [2024] EWCOP 17 concerned a pregnant woman, … Read More ›
Author: Alex RK
Not enough judgments of District Judges are published. This is in part because very many decisions that they make are set out in oral judgments, … Read More ›
As the Court of Protection judges have been very busy over the past little while looking at different categories of decision, we have updated our … Read More ›
Welcome to the March 2024 Mental Capacity Report. Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: sexual and contraceptive … Read More ›
March 2024 contains three ten year anniversaries. One is national – indeed international – significance; one is of national significance, and one is of personal … Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›