In AG v BMBC & Anor [2016] EWCOP 37, District Judge Bellamy has given some rare, and useful, clarification as… Read more
Covert medication and deprivation of liberty
Category: Best interests
When is an advance decision to refuse treatment not binding?
In a case that appeared on Baillii this morning, Keehan J came tantalisingly close to giving the answer to a question… Read more
Litigation friend or foe?
In NHS Trusts v C [2016] EWCOP 17, C was detained under s.2 of the Mental Health Act 1983 with… Read more
COP authorises withdrawal of CANH from woman in MCS
In M v N & Ors [2015] EWCOP 76 (Fam), Hayden J – in a very detailed and thoughtful judgment –… Read more
Capacity is not an off-switch
In Wye Valley NHS Trust v Mr B [2015] EWCOP 60, Peter Jackson J has made clear just how far… Read more
New Guidance Issued on DNACPR
The British Medical Association, the Resuscitation Council (UK) and the Royal College of Nursing have today (7 October) published new… Read more
A melancholy but profound milestone
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust v N [2014] EWCOP 16 Summary History was made in a very and dignified quiet… Read more
Looking sidewise in the COP
RB v Brighton and Hove Council [2014] EWCA Civ 561 Summary In June 2007 RB sustained a serious brain injury… Read more
Tithing and the CoP – religion under the capacity microscope
A County Council v MS and RS [2014] EWHC B14 (COP) Summary MS was a Mormon. He was also mentally… Read more
Getting it right in the balance between autonomy and protection
A Local Authority v TZ (No.2) [2014] EWHC 973 (COP) Summary This is a sequel to a case that we… Read more