In Hull City Council v A & Ors [2021] EWCOP 60, Poole J was concerned with – in effect – what… Read more
Category: Best interests
Best interests decision-making, dignity and delay – obligations that cannot be avoided
In North West London Clinical Commissioning Group v GU [2021] EWCOP 59, Hayden J made a series of very powerful… Read more
Coercive control, capacity and the resolution of an ethical dilemma
How does coercive control impact upon decision-making? And what can – and should – the courts do when the victim… Read more
The Court of Protection and “the most complex Covid patient in the world”
The Court of Protection braced itself when COVID-19 hit for decisions to be placed before it about the withdrawal of… Read more
Securing autonomy – Article 8 in the balance
The contours of the issue in A Local Authority v TA & Ors [2021] EWCOP 22 were sketched out economically… Read more
COVID-19 vaccination – best interests is not code for mandatory vaccination (and a reminder you can’t fail a capacity assessment)
The decision in SS v LB Richmond on Thames and SWL CCG [2021] EWCOP 31 is different to others that have… Read more
A judgment as tribute: finding the person behind the prognosis (and thoughts on harm and dignity)
It is difficult to do better in introducing the decision in London NHS Trust v CD & Ors (Withdrawal of… Read more
Capacity, autism and indoctrination – a careful judicial navigation of a minefield
Re EOA [2021] EWCOP 20 is a complex case in relation to a 19 year old man, of wider interest… Read more
When would continuing life-sustaining treatment be unethical? Another agonising dilemma before the Court of Protection
In Re NZ [2021] EWCOP 16, Hayden J had to address, in even more acute form, the dilemma that he… Read more
A right to family life does not mean an obligation to endure one
In ZK (Landau-Kleffner Syndrome: Best Interests) [2021] EWCOP 12 the court considered the residence and contact arrangements for a 37… Read more