Perhaps prompted by the publication of the first report of the COVID-19 inquiry today (on the resilience and preparedness of… Read more
Triage, COVID-19 and decision-making – a perspective from the courts
Category: COVID-19
Adults with impairments are not big children – a ringing refutation of a “regressive” assertion
Hayden J had the chance in Re RN [2022] EWCOP 53 to put comprehensively to bed a suggestion that it… Read more
The Court of Protection and “the most complex Covid patient in the world”
The Court of Protection braced itself when COVID-19 hit for decisions to be placed before it about the withdrawal of… Read more
COVID-19 vaccination – best interests is not code for mandatory vaccination (and a reminder you can’t fail a capacity assessment)
The decision in SS v LB Richmond on Thames and SWL CCG [2021] EWCOP 31 is different to others that have… Read more
When would continuing life-sustaining treatment be unethical? Another agonising dilemma before the Court of Protection
In Re NZ [2021] EWCOP 16, Hayden J had to address, in even more acute form, the dilemma that he… Read more
Vaccination – another case, and confirmation of the centrality of the person’s wishes and feelings
In a further judgment concerning vaccination for COVID-19, Hayden J has amplified the approach that he set out in E… Read more
COVID-19 Vaccination and the MCA – the first Court of Protection judgment
In E (Vaccine) [2021] EWCOP 7, the Vice-President of the Court of Protection, Hayden J, has given the first reported… Read more