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Category: Capacity


The SEND Tribunal, litigation capacity, and the complexity of the intersection between E, H and C

Posted on 21 June 2024

With thanks to Matthew Wyard of 3PB for bringing this case to my attention, MM (C) v RB Greenwich [2024]… Read more

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Capacity, sexual relations, silos and public protection – an impossible tangle for the Court of Protection?

Posted on 20 June 2024

In A Local Authority v ZX [2024] EWCOP 30, HHJ Burrows was confronted, to his considerable (and understandable) disquiet, with… Read more

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Capacity and contempt proceedings – what is the test?

Posted on 2 June 2024

What is the test to decide whether you can defend yourself against a charge that you are in contempt of… Read more

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The older child and medical treatment decisions – mental capacity or competence?

Posted on 12 May 2024

Re J (Blood Transfusion: Older Child: Jehovah’s Witnesses) [2024] EWHC 1034 (Fam) is a characteristically thoughtful judgment from Cobb J,… Read more

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When (not) to rely upon capacity?

Posted on 28 April 2024

In Lukes v Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust & Anor [2024] EWHC 753 (KB) Julian Knowles… Read more

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Capacity, presumptions and catastrophe

Posted on 22 April 2024

As Lieven J noted in her opening paragraph, A Council v An NHS Foundation Trust & Ors [2024] EWHC 874… Read more

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Residence, care, sex and marriage: an (unusual) successful appeal on capacity

Posted on 22 April 2024

Re ZZ (Capacity) [2024] EWCOP 21 is an example of a relatively species of case, namely a successful appeal in… Read more

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Children, capacity and accepting the diagnosis

Posted on 22 April 2024

Y NHS Foundation Trust v AN & Anor [2024] EWHC 805 (Fam) concerned a 16 year old girl, AN, who had… Read more

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Asserting capacity and the Court of Protection (and important observations about judicial visits)

Posted on 9 March 2024

The case of Wareham v Betsi Cadwaladar University Health Board & Ors [2024] EWCOP 15 concerns a 36 year old… Read more

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Contact, contraception, conception and conceptual clarity: Poole J dissects a difficult question

Posted on 11 February 2024 Updated on 12 February 2024

Poole J is rapidly becoming the specialist sexual capacity judge at the Court of Protection.   Following his decisions in Hull… Read more

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Recent Posts

  • Court of Protection Handbook – April 2026 update

    1 April 2026
    The quarterly update to the Court of Protection Handbook is now up, covering such matters as the flurry of cases... …Read More »
  • 39 Essex Chambers April 2026 Mental Capacity Reports

    31 March 2026
    The April 2026 Mental Capacity Report.  It takes a different form to normal as our (over) commitments means that we... …Read More »
  • The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill – discrimination and distortion

    28 March 2026
    I have set my (excellent) Law at the End of Life students on the Medical Law / Medical Ethics and... …Read More »
  • The COVID-19 inquiry – two key healthcare recommendations

    21 March 2026
    I have not written much about the COVID-19 inquiry on this site.  In part this is because, having been very... …Read More »
  • An ‘intolerable’ deprivation of liberty – and the need for reasons

    21 March 2026
    No one will ever entirely fill the shoes of the late Sir James Munby, one of whose defining characteristics was... …Read More »

RSS National Archives Mental Capacity cases

  • Maina Kumari Rai v Advantage Insurance Company Limited (t/a Hastings Insurance) 2 April 2026
  • Royal Free London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v RH & Anor 1 April 2026
  • AL v Secretary of State for the Home Department 31 March 2026
  • Itoweh Susan Ugolor & Ors v Cameron Eseh Ugolor & Anor 27 March 2026
  • Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust v AS & Anor 24 March 2026
  • Nottinghamshire County Council v JW & Anor 19 March 2026
  • Fay Chang Rhule v Angella Smith and another (Jamaica) 17 March 2026
  • Emerald Josephine Toogood v HM Senior Coroner for the Area of Somerset 17 March 2026
  • R v Michael Ives & Anor 12 March 2026
  • BHO, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care & Anor 10 March 2026

RSS National Archives Mental Health Act cases

  • Mohammed Ali v Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Trust 31 March 2026
  • Nicole Thomas v R 25 March 2026
  • BA (A Child) (DOLS In Hospital), Re 20 March 2026
  • Eagle Care Services Limited v Care Quality Commission 12 March 2026
  • BHO, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care & Anor 10 March 2026
  • XY, Re 6 March 2026
  • Shropshire Council v Mother & Ors 17 February 2026
  • CGT, R (on the application of) v West Sussex County Council 13 February 2026
  • R v Adam Culverwell 10 February 2026
  • MXV, R (on the application of) v The Secretary of State for Home Department 10 February 2026

RSS Mental Health Law Online updates

  • Book update. Alex Ruck Keene et al, 'Court of Protection Handbook: Handbook updates' (1 April 2026)
  • Mental capacity law newsletter. 39 Essex Chambers, 'Mental Capacity Report' (issue 159, April 2026)
  • Case (Contact). Re PX [2025] EWCOP 58 (T2)
  • MHA 2025 amendments
  • Legislation. Mental Health Act 2025 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2026
  • Job advert. HAB Law, Watford - Court of Protection lawyer (listed until 26 June 2026).
  • Race and detention. Fiona Hamilton, 'Is psychiatry's focus on race stats linked to Nottingham attacks?' (The Times, 19 March 2026)
  • COPUG minutes. COP User Group, 'Meeting (P and A): Minutes and action points' (21 January 2026)
  • Event. Court of Protection User Group: General meeting (online, 15 April 2026)
  • Case (Participation of patient). DB v Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust [2026] UKUT 28 (AAC)

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