Leicestershire County Council v P & Anor [2024] EWCOP 53 (T3) is both an interesting and an important decision. It is interesting because it is … Read More ›
Category: Advance Planning
The decision of the European Court of Human Rights in Pindo Mulla v Spain [2024] ECHR 753 is a very significant case about the interplay … Read More ›
In May 2022, the Ministry of Justice indicated in its response to the Modernising Lasting Powers of Attorney consultation that it intended to bring forward primary … Read More ›
In NHS Surrey Heartlands ICB v JH [2023] EWCOP 3, Hayden J was asked to consider whether an advance decision to refuse invasive tests or … Read More ›
The Court of Appeal has made some very important observations about the role of judicial visits in Court of Protection cases. In Re AH (Serious … Read More ›
What (if any) threshold needs to be satisfied before the Court of Protection can exercise its (relatively) newly discovered ‘contingency’ jurisdiction? This important question was … 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 light both of the increased focus on advance care planning and the recent case reinforcing the importance of compliance with the procedural requirements within … Read More ›
In Barnsley Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v MSP [2020] EWCOP 26, Hayden J considered an application, initially made to him as the Out of Hours … Read More ›
In JK v A Local Health Board [2019] EWHC 67 (Fam), Lieven J had to grapple with the intersection between the MCA, the MHA and the … Read More ›