As explored in this paper and this “in conversation with,” the potential for discrimination in the treatment of conditions requiring dialysis and/or organ donation is … Read More ›
Category: Best interests
In Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust v JM & Anor [2023] EWCOP 38, Hayden J has helpfully reminded us of the fact that a person … Read More ›
Barnet Enfield And Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust & Anor v Mr K & Ors [2023] EWCOP 35 concerned the health and welfare of a … Read More ›
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust v HJ [2023] EWFC 92 concerned the question of whether specific authorisation is required to administer physical health treatment … Read More ›
In Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust & Anor v RL & Ors [2023] EWCOP 22 (a decision handed down in February 2023, but only published … Read More ›
[This post is a joint effort by me together with Neil Allen and Emma Spruce, Counsel acting for D in the case of D v … Read More ›
In 2015, in Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v C and V [2015] EWCOP 80, MacDonald J provided both the then-authoritative summary of the principles … 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 ›
Hayden J had the chance in Re RN [2022] EWCOP 53 to put comprehensively to bed a suggestion that it is striking (to put it … 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 ›