In Barnsley Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v MSP [2020] EWCOP 26, Hayden J considered an application, initially made to him… Read more
‘True’ best interests, advance decisions and the subjective approach
Category: Best interests
Best interests, death at home and the Court of Protection
In VE v AO & Ors [2020] EWCOP 23, Lieven J was asked to determine whether it was in the… Read more
Treatment escalation and best interests
In University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust v ED [2020] EWCOP 18, Moor J had to consider whether treatment escalation would… Read more
Medical treatment, due haste, and capacity complexities
Possibly as a result of lessons learned in relation to the case of Mrs H, the same NHS Trust has… Read more
Medical treatment: delay, neglect and judicial despair
Following the recent – deeply troubling – case involving Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust, Hayden J has had to… Read more
Not only inimical… but potentially fatal: medical treatment cases and delay
In Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & Anor v H [2020] EWCOP 5, the delay in bringing and then resolving… Read more
Will, preferences and estrangement
In A Local Authority v PS & HS [2019] EWCOP 60, the court had to decide upon an 80 year-old… Read more
The MHA, force-feeding and best interests
In JK v A Local Health Board [2019] EWHC 67 (Fam), Lieven J had to grapple with the intersection between the… Read more
Termination and best interests: the Court of Appeal’s reasons
The Court of Appeal has now given its reasons ([2019] EWCA Civ 1215) for its decision in Re AB to… Read more
Contingency planning and the Court of Protection
In United Lincolnshire Hospital NHS Trust v CD [2019] EWCOP 24, Francis J has grappled with a subject that has… Read more