In Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership v WA & Anor [2020] EWCOP 37, Hayden J had to consider the capacity of a young Palestinian … Read More ›
Category: Best interests
In A NHS Foundation Trust v MC [2020] EWCOP 33, Cohen J has confirmed that it can be in the best interests of a person … 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 VE v AO & Ors [2020] EWCOP 23, Lieven J was asked to determine whether it was in the best interests of a terminally … Read More ›
Together with other members of the 39 Essex Chambers Court of Protection team, I have put together this Guidance Note on testing for COVID-19 and … Read More ›
In University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust v ED [2020] EWCOP 18, Moor J had to consider whether treatment escalation would be in the best interests … Read More ›
Possibly as a result of lessons learned in relation to the case of Mrs H, the same NHS Trust has brought a further application in … Read More ›
Following the recent – deeply troubling – case involving Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust, Hayden J has had to grapple with a further case … Read More ›
In Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & Anor v H [2020] EWCOP 5, the delay in bringing and then resolving an application relating to medical … Read More ›
In A Local Authority v PS & HS [2019] EWCOP 60, the court had to decide upon an 80 year-old woman’s capacity and best interests … Read More ›