University Hospitals of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation Trust v J (Medical Treatment: Best Interests) [2019] EWCOP 16 concerned whether it was in the best interests … Read More ›
Category: Best interests
The decision of Lieven J in East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust v PW [2019] EWCOP 10[1] is of importance for its reminder of the obligations … Read More ›
In NHS Cumbria CCG v Rushton [2018] EWCOP 41, Hayden J has both given clear endorsement to the BMA/RCP guidance on decisions about clinically assisted … Read More ›
In two linked judgments, Re A (Capacity: Social Media and Internet Use: Best Interests) [2019] EWCOP 2 and Re B (Capacity: Social Media: Care and … Read More ›
SR v A Local Authority [2018] EWCOP 36 concerned a couple, who had had been married for 58 years, and were devoted to each other. The … Read More ›
In the personal injury case of EXB v FDZ & Ors [2018] EHWC 3456 (QB), Foskett J had to grapple with a question that has … Read More ›
In Re Y [2018] UKSC 46, the Supreme Court has given the definitive answer to a question that has been becoming increasingly pressing – when … Read More ›
The small body of appellate level jurisdiction on the MCA has been added to in Re RW [2018] EWCA Civ 1067, concerning the continued provision of clinically … Read More ›
The Court of Protection was thrust into the centre of a major international incident in SSHD v Sergei Skripal; SSHD v Yulia Skripal [2018] EWCOP 8, concerning … Read More ›
In Re AB [2016] EWCOP 66 which was decided in December 2016, but which only appeared on Bailii in March 2018 (for reasons which will … Read More ›