SR v A Local Authority [2018] EWCOP 36 concerned a couple, who had had been married for 58 years, and were… Read more
The thinnest of legal ice – restricting contact and the MCA
Category: Best interests
When not telling is in a person’s best interests
In the personal injury case of EXB v FDZ & Ors [2018] EHWC 3456 (QB), Foskett J had to grapple… Read more
Supreme Court confirms that no need to go to court before treatment withdrawal where doctors and family agree
In Re Y [2018] UKSC 46, the Supreme Court has given the definitive answer to a question that has been… Read more
Wishes, feelings (and transparency)
The small body of appellate level jurisdiction on the MCA has been added to in Re RW [2018] EWCA Civ 1067, concerning… Read more
The Skripals before the Court of Protection – more detailed analysis
The Court of Protection was thrust into the centre of a major international incident in SSHD v Sergei Skripal; SSHD v… Read more
Deceiving in the name of best interests
In Re AB [2016] EWCOP 66 which was decided in December 2016, but which only appeared on Bailii in March… Read more
The Court of Protection and the Skripal case
In a fascinating judgment just published here, Williams J has held that it is in the best interests of Sergei… Read more
Treatment withdrawal – the Indian Supreme Court perspective
In a true door-stop of a judgment (538 pages) the Indian Supreme Court confirmed on 9 March the lawfulness of… Read more
Re Y: watch here
The Supreme Court website now has available for streaming the whole hearing in Re Y. Judgment both is reserved and… Read more
Confirmation (for now) as to CANH withdrawal and the role of the COP
In Re Y[2017] EWHC 2866 (QB), handed down this morning (13 November), O’Farrell J has declared that it is not… Read more