In Re AB [2020] EWCOP 47, Senior Judge Hilder had to grapple with two difficult questions in the context of… Read more
Author: Alex RK
Alex is a barrister, writer and educator, and creator of the website www.mclap.org.uk
15 years of the MCA – webinar recording now available
The recording is now available of the webinar held by the Law Society of England and Wales on 7 October… Read more
Book Review: Medical Decision-Making on Behalf of Young Children: A Comparative Perspective
Medical Decision-Making on Behalf of Young Children: A Comparative Perspective (Imogen Goold, Cressida Auckland and Jonathan Herring, eds, Hart, 2020,… Read more
Book review: Camilla Parker, Adolescent Mental Health Care and the Law
Adolescent Mental Health Care and the Law (Camilla Parker, Legal Action Group, 2020, £50) Camilla Parker set herself a hugely… Read more
DNACPR notices – the danger signs
[I am very pleased to be able to host here a guest post by Richard Charlton and Bharati Gidoomal, two… Read more
Electronic forms are coming for Part 2 MHA (mostly)
The Mental Health (Hospital, Guardianship and Treatment) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020, laid before Parliament on 1 October 2020, and coming… Read more
Deputies, fixed costs, detailed assessment and net assets
In Penntrust Ltd v West Berkshire District Council & Anor [2020] EWCOP 48, HHJ Hilder has returned to the vexed… Read more
Discharging obligations to P and the court – a salutary tale
In ND (Court of Protection: Costs and Declarations) [2020] EWCOP 42, the Court of Protection has alighted upon procedural failings… Read more
Professional deputies, hourly rates, and the realities of 2020
In a judgment handed down on 30 September 2020, PLK & Ors (Court of Protection : Costs) [2020] EWHC B28, Master Whalan… Read more
Contempt, court orders and P’s confidentiality
In a very unusual case, P v Griffith [2020] EWCOP 46, the Court of Protection has sentenced a woman, a… Read more
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