Re AB (ADRT: Validity and Applicability) [2025] EWCOP 20 (T3) is a (rare) example of a court having to grapple… Read more
Leicestershire County Council v P & Anor [2024] EWCOP 53 (T3) is both an interesting and an important decision. It… Read more
The decision of the European Court of Human Rights in Pindo Mulla v Spain [2024] ECHR 753 is a very… Read more
In May 2022, the Ministry of Justice indicated in its response to the Modernising Lasting Powers of Attorney consultation that it… Read more
In NHS Surrey Heartlands ICB v JH [2023] EWCOP 3, Hayden J was asked to consider whether an advance decision… Read more
The Court of Appeal has made some very important observations about the role of judicial visits in Court of Protection… Read more
What (if any) threshold needs to be satisfied before the Court of Protection can exercise its (relatively) newly discovered ‘contingency’… Read more
The (surprisingly) small body of case-law relating to advance decisions to refuse treatments has been added to by a judgment… Read more
In light both of the increased focus on advance care planning and the recent case reinforcing the importance of compliance… Read more
In Barnsley Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v MSP [2020] EWCOP 26, Hayden J considered an application, initially made to him… Read more