In Re AB [2020] EWCOP 47, Senior Judge Hilder had to grapple with two difficult questions in the context of the Court of Protection’s international … Read More ›
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Medical Decision-Making on Behalf of Young Children: A Comparative Perspective (Imogen Goold, Cressida Auckland and Jonathan Herring, eds, Hart, 2020, c.£60) In this book, inspired … Read More ›
The Mental Health (Hospital, Guardianship and Treatment) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020, laid before Parliament on 1 October 2020, and coming into force on 1 December … Read More ›
In Penntrust Ltd v West Berkshire District Council & Anor [2020] EWCOP 48, HHJ Hilder has returned to the vexed question of Practice Direction 19B … Read More ›
In ND (Court of Protection: Costs and Declarations) [2020] EWCOP 42, the Court of Protection has alighted upon procedural failings by a local authority to … Read More ›
In a judgment handed down on 30 September 2020, PLK & Ors (Court of Protection : Costs) [2020] EWHC B28, Master Whalan has considered the concerns the … Read More ›
In a very unusual case, P v Griffith [2020] EWCOP 46, the Court of Protection has sentenced a woman, a Ms Griffith, to 12 months … Read More ›
In DP v LB Hillingdon [2020] EWCOP 45, Hayden J has clarified what the court is to do on an s.21A application where it has … Read More ›
[This post has now been superseded by that published on 14 October addressing the three tiered alert system]. The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No.2) (Amendment)(No … Read More ›
There have been very few cases concerning the meaning of deprivation of liberty in the context of adults since the immediate flurry of post-Cheshire West … Read More ›