In The Secretary of State for Justice v A Local Authority & Ors [2021] EWCA Civ 1527, the Court of Appeal has overturned the decision … Read More ›
Category: Case comments
How does coercive control impact upon decision-making? And what can – and should – the courts do when the victim of coercive control cannot countenance … Read More ›
The (surprisingly) small body of case-law relating to advance decisions to refuse treatments has been added to by a judgment delivered by Poole J in … Read More ›
In Bell & Anor v The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust [2021] EWCA Civ 1363, the Court of Appeal upheld the appeal of the … Read More ›
The Court of Protection braced itself when COVID-19 hit for decisions to be placed before it about the withdrawal of medical treatment, including potentially agonising … Read More ›
In a short judgment delivered in April 2020, but only appearing on Bailii in late August 2021, HHJ Mark Rogers made two striking observations about … Read More ›
In Liverpool City Council v CMW [2021] EWCOP 50, Sir Mark Hedley had to consider whether a woman, CMW, who had recently turned 18 had capacity … Read More ›
How should the courts respond to the shortage of provision for children and young people whose needs are such that they require special limitations on … Read More ›
The DHSC’s guidance for care homes and for visitors has now been updated to reflect changes from 19 July 2021. It makes clear that … Read More ›
The DHSC published on 25 June 2021 (on a page to be populated with more detail on a rolling basis) details of two English implementation … Read More ›