Johnston v Financial Ombudsman Service [2025] EWCA Civ 551 is a case with a particularly complicated procedural history, but for present purposes the critical questions for … Read More ›
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A new protocol regulating communications between judges in Scotland, England & Wales, and Northern Ireland has been agreed for cases involving adults who lack capacity. … Read More ›
The Court of Appeal announced on the day of the hearing of the appeal against the decision of Lieven J in Re J: Local Authority … Read More ›
In the conjoined appeals of Abbasi and Haastrup [2025] UKSC 15, the Supreme Court has grappled with the questions of (1) the jurisdiction of the High Court to grant … Read More ›
The vexed question of whether and under what circumstances parents can consent to (or otherwise authorise) the confinement of children under 16 came before HHJ … Read More ›
Minor changes were made by way of Government amendments to the MH Bill as it went through the Committee stage in the House of Lords … Read More ›
Cobb J is shortly to take his position on the Court of Appeal. The decision in Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council v LS [2025] EWCOP 10 … Read More ›
In this video, I do a walkthrough of Approaches to the mental capacity assessment of people experiencing multiple exclusion homelessness in England: A scoping paper by … Read More ›
From 1 April 2025, with amendments to the Court of Protection Fees Order 2007 and the Civil Proceeding Fees Order 2008 respectively, fees relating to … Read More ›
NHS South East London Integrated Care Board v JP & Ors [2025] EWCOP 4 T3 and [2025] EWCOP 8 (T3) are a pair of cases … Read More ›