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 ›
Author: Alex RK
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 ›
Poole J is rapidly becoming the specialist sexual capacity judge at the Court of Protection. Following his decisions in Hull City Council v KF [2022] EWCOP … Read More ›
Re DY [2024] EWCOP 4 is a case showing how demanding taking capacity seriously is – and should be. It concerned a young woman, whom … Read More ›