Johnston v Financial Ombudsman Service [2025] EWCA Civ 551 is a case with a particularly complicated procedural history, but for present purposes the critical questions for … Read More ›
Category: Capacity
Cobb J is shortly to take his position on the Court of Appeal. The decision in Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council v LS [2025] EWCOP 10 … Read More ›
Capacity, insight and professional cultures – an important new decision from the Court of Protection
CT v London Borough of Lambeth & Anor [2025] EWCOP 6 (T3) is in many ways the companion piece to Re Thirumalesh (Dec’d) [2024] EWCA Civ … Read More ›
Individual decision-making and its complexities was very much in the spotlight this week in the context of the oral evidence sessions held by the Public … Read More ›
MacPherson v Sunderland City Council [2024] EWCA Civ 1579 is another chapter in the very long-running saga concerning contempt proceedings against the appellant, the mother … Read More ›
Ahead of more detailed coverage of the nuances of this complicated case in the February 2025 Mental Capacity Report, it is worth highlighting the ‘lessons … Read More ›
Re ZX (Capacity to Engage in Sexual Relations) [2024] EWCA Civ 1462 is a leapfrog appeal from a Tier 2 Judge to the Court of … Read More ›
R & Anor v A & Anor [2024] EWFC 341 is a very sad case involving surrogacy. It was an application for a parental order … Read More ›
The decision of the European Court of Human Rights in ET v Moldova [2024] ECHR 858 is one with ramifications extending significantly beyond Moldova. It … Read More ›
Re CA (Fact finding – capacity – inherent jurisdiction – injunctive relief) [2024] EWCOP 64 (T3) is a decision which is very helpfully summarised in … Read More ›