Bristol City Council v CC & Ors [2026] EWCOP 19 (T3) is both an important and an interesting decision. It is… Read more
The case of Neath Port Talbot Country Borough Council v CK & Ors [2025] EWCOP 47 (T3) is the sequel… Read more
I have not written much about the COVID-19 inquiry on this site. In part this is because, having been very… Read more
No one will ever entirely fill the shoes of the late Sir James Munby, one of whose defining characteristics was… Read more
Many, including, me, who read the judgment of Poole J in SW v Nottingham City Council & Anor [2025] EWCOP 53… Read more
Personal welfare deputyship cases are like buses – you wait ages, and then three come along all at once. After… Read more
Re XY [2025] EWCOP 55 (T2)[1] is an important decision about the powers of welfare deputies. The specific facts of… Read more
The Court of Appeal in Townsend v Epsom & Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust [2026] EWCA Civ 195 has handed… Read more
In light of the cases that are coming before the Court of Protection about the dividing line between treatments which… Read more
[I have now updated this post to take account of another decision of Henke J’s handed down shortly after the East… Read more