The January 2021 Mental Capacity Report is now out and will be making its way to inboxes soon. Highlights include; (1) In the Health, Welfare … Read More ›
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The (surprisingly) small body of reported cases relating to COVID-19 (representing the tip of a rather larger iceberg) has been added to in NG v Hertfordshire … Read More ›
The Court of Appeal has had little hesitation dismissing ([2020] EWCA Civ 1675) the appeal by Dahlia Griffith against her conviction and sentence of imprisonment for … Read More ›
AA (Court of Protection: Capacity To Consent To Sexual Practices) [2020] EWCOP 66 concerned AA, a 19 year old man, who had been diagnosed as … Read More ›
In AB (Court of Protection: Police Disclosure) [2019] EWCOP 66, a decision handed down in October 2019, but which for some reason did not appear on … Read More ›
Re CVF [2020] EWCOP 65 concerned the capacity and best interests of a 29 year old woman, CVF, with diagnoses of diabetes, learning disability, emotionally … Read More ›
In KK v Leeds City Council [2020] EWCOP 64, Cobb J had to consider whether P’s maternal aunt should be joined to welfare proceedings. The aunt, … Read More ›
In Local Authority v GP (Capacity – Care, Support and Education) [2020] EWCOP 56 HHJ Dodd helpfully turned the eye of Sauron onto three areas … Read More ›
In The Health Service Executive of Ireland v IM & Anor [2020] EWCOP 51, Knowles J has given a helpful summary of the approach to … Read More ›
The decision in AMDC v AG & Anor [2020] EWCOP 58 serves as an important reminder of how demanding the process of assessing and reporting … Read More ›