In 2015, in Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v C and V [2015] EWCOP 80, MacDonald J provided both the… Read more
A capacity masterclass from MacDonald J (and an updated capacity guide from us)
Category: Capacity
Fluctuating capacity, emotional dysregulation and public protection: a swansong for Hayden J
The case of A Local Authority v H [2023] EWCOP 4 concerned a young adult, H, described by Hayden J… Read more
Advance decisions to refuse treatment – presuming a presumption of capacity?
In NHS Surrey Heartlands ICB v JH [2023] EWCOP 3, Hayden J was asked to consider whether an advance decision… Read more
“Learning to learn” – capacity and the awareness of choice
Re ZK (No 2) [2021] EWCOP 61 is the sequel to one reported upon earlier here, and contains some important observations… Read more
Capacity, consent and sexual relations – the Supreme Court decides
The Supreme Court has for the first time looked in detail at what it means to have or lack capacity… Read more
Contingency planning and the Court of Protection – what, if any, threshold has to be crossed?
What (if any) threshold needs to be satisfied before the Court of Protection can exercise its (relatively) newly discovered ‘contingency’… Read more
Coercive control, capacity and the resolution of an ethical dilemma
How does coercive control impact upon decision-making? And what can – and should – the courts do when the victim… Read more
Mental capacity, the internet, and when is it better to be honest about the limits of support?
In a short judgment delivered in April 2020, but only appearing on Bailii in late August 2021, HHJ Mark Rogers… Read more
Capacity and the limits of decision-specificity
In Liverpool City Council v CMW [2021] EWCOP 50, Sir Mark Hedley had to consider whether a woman, CMW, who had… Read more
Voting, discrimination and legal capacity
In Caamaño Valle v Spain [2021] ECHR 387, the European Court of Human Rights hardened yet further its stance that… Read more