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Category: Best interests


An important reminder that it is the judge who has the final say as to best interests

Posted on 15 May 2025

In University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v PK & Anor [2025] EWCOP 17 (T3), McKendrick J was asked… Read more

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Consultation, (rotten) compromises and challenging complacency – Hayden J on the warpath

Posted on 1 March 2025 Updated on 2 March 2025

NHS South East London Integrated Care Board v JP & Ors [2025] EWCOP 4 T3 and [2025] EWCOP 8 (T3)… Read more

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Anorexia, the Court of Protection and the changing calculus of decision-making

Posted on 1 March 2025

When and under what circumstances it is legitimate not to treat those with anorexia is a very contentious topic, and… Read more

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Best interests, wishes and feelings: a worked example in an imperfect world

Posted on 22 November 2024

Aberdeenshire Council v SF (No 4) (Residence) [2024] EWCOP 67 (T3) is the most recent in a long-running series of… Read more

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Best interests decision-making as an aspect of good clinical governance – and further guidance on the way

Posted on 17 November 2024 Updated on 2 March 2025

NHS North Central London Integrated Care Board v Royal Hospital for Neuro-Disability & Anor [2024] EWCOP 66 (T3) is the most… Read more

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The Court of Appeal, life-sustaining treatment and ‘covert consciousness’

Posted on 2 August 2024

In Re PC [2024] EWCA Civ 895, the Court of Appeal has refused permission to appeal the decision of Cusworth… Read more

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Futility and best interests before the Court of Protection

Posted on 28 July 2024

When medical treatment can be considered to be a futile is an important, but sometimes difficult, question. What can make… Read more

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Following through a decision to withdraw life-sustaining treatment: a new dilemma for the Court of Protection

Posted on 16 July 2024

In NHS NW London ICB [2024] EWCOP 35, the Vice-President of the Court of Protection, Theis J, gave a careful… Read more

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Risk-taking, best interests and health and welfare deputies

Posted on 20 June 2024

AB v CD [2024] EWCOP 32 concerned the best interests of a 27 year old man with a moderate learning… Read more

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Where every option is problematic and the optimism of best interests is not enough: a dilemma for the Court of Appeal

Posted on 25 May 2024

The Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal of both the local authority and the Official Solicitor against the decision… Read more

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RSS National Archives Mental Capacity cases

  • Cwm Taf Morgannwg Health Board v AB & Anor 10 July 2025
  • Furley Page LLP v KFL 4 July 2025
  • N (A Child) (Deprivation of Liberty Orders), Re 3 July 2025
  • AK, R (on application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department 1 July 2025
  • Martin Charles Armstrong (as Trustee in Bankruptcy) v Vanessa Temblett & Anor 1 July 2025
  • Carolyne Mary Parfitt v Victoria Jane Jones & Anor 24 June 2025
  • Kieron Dominic Scully v Northamptonshire County Council 11 June 2025
  • Oxford University & Ors v AX 10 June 2025
  • Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council v A & Ors 10 June 2025
  • AB (ADRT: Validity and Applicability), Re 10 June 2025

RSS National Archives Mental Health Act cases

  • Cwm Taf Morgannwg Health Board v AB & Anor 10 July 2025
  • Damien Osmond v R 4 July 2025
  • Right Support Management Limited v The London Borough of Hillingdon 3 July 2025
  • His Majesty’s Senior Coroner for West Yorkshire (Western District), Re 3 July 2025
  • N (A Child) (Deprivation of Liberty Orders), Re 3 July 2025
  • Al-Haq, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Business and Trade 30 June 2025
  • Jada Bailey, R (on the application of) v HM Senior Coroner for East London 30 June 2025
  • Yaa Foriwaa Appiah & Anor v Leeds City Council & Anor 19 June 2025
  • Surrey County Council v BC 11 June 2025
  • AB (ADRT: Validity and Applicability), Re 10 June 2025

RSS Mental Health Law Online updates

  • Case (No complaint without consent). West Sussex County Council (24 017 091) [2025] MHLO 15 (LGSCO)
  • Event. Court of Protection User Group: Property and affairs meeting (online, 9 July 2025)
  • Minutes. COP User Group, 'Meeting (P and A): Minutes and action points' (22 January 2025)
  • Ill-treatment by care worker. Aidan Rednedge, 'Moment cruel carer throws dementia-stricken pensioner, 88, around 'like a rag doll' and threatens to 'flog him' days before he died' (Daily Mail, 30 June 2025)
  • Case ("Right Care Right Person" PFD report). Sophie Cotton (Durham Constabulary) [2025] MHLO 14 (PFD)
  • Mental capacity law newsletter. 39 Essex Chambers, 'Mental Capacity Report' (issue 151, June 2025)
  • Case (Extradition). Kruk v Judicial Authority of Poland [2020] EWHC 620 (Admin)
  • Case (Employment status). Scully v Northamptonshire County Council [2025] EAT 83
  • Case (Welfare benefits). MOC v SSWP (DLA) [2020] UKUT 134 (AAC)
  • Case (Immigration). Re CE (Cameroon) [2023] UKAITUR PA011122020

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