Perhaps prompted by the publication of the first report of the COVID-19 inquiry today (on the resilience and preparedness of the United Kingdom), I was … Read More ›
Category: COVID-19
Hayden J had the chance in Re RN [2022] EWCOP 53 to put comprehensively to bed a suggestion that it is striking (to put it … Read More ›
The Court of Protection braced itself when COVID-19 hit for decisions to be placed before it about the withdrawal of medical treatment, including potentially agonising … Read More ›
The decision in SS v LB Richmond on Thames and SWL CCG [2021] EWCOP 31 is different to others that have been reported to date (such … Read More ›
In Re NZ [2021] EWCOP 16, Hayden J had to address, in even more acute form, the dilemma that he had addressed in Sandwell And … Read More ›
In a further judgment concerning vaccination for COVID-19, Hayden J has amplified the approach that he set out in E (Vaccine) [2020] EWCOP 14. In SD … Read More ›
In E (Vaccine) [2021] EWCOP 7, the Vice-President of the Court of Protection, Hayden J, has given the first reported judgment on capacity and best … Read More ›