In Re AB [2020] EWCOP 47, Senior Judge Hilder had to grapple with two difficult questions in the context of the Court of Protection’s international … Read More ›
Category: Cross-border
In Re Various applications concerning foreign representative powers [2019] EWCOP 52. Senior Judge Hilder has returned to the complex issues that arise where an attorney … Read More ›
In FT v MM and RM [2019] EWHC 935 (Fam), Russell J has highlighted a real and problematic difference between the ability of the English … Read More ›
I spent three days last week at a meeting on the cross-border protection of vulnerable adults convened by the European Commission and the Hague Conference … Read More ›
The Court of Protection was thrust into the centre of a major international incident in SSHD v Sergei Skripal; SSHD v Yulia Skripal [2018] EWCOP 8, concerning … Read More ›
In Al-Jeffery v Al-Jeffery (Vulnerable Adult: British Citizen) [2016] EWHC 2151 (Fam), Holman J has confirmed for the first time that the High Court can exercise its … Read More ›
Cases are coming out left, right and centre at the moment, and with other commitments, it is not possible to write about them in the … Read More ›
A cross-post to the Court of Protection Handbook site where I discuss the important decision of Baker J handed down on 3 June about cross-border … Read More ›
The Court of Appeal in Singapore in Re BKR [2015] SGCA 26 has handed down a decision that exemplifies the importance and utility of a … Read More ›
Re E (A Child) [2014] EWHC 6 (Fam) (Sir James Munby P) Summary I note this case arising under Council Regulation 2201/2003 (‘Brussels IIR’) because … Read More ›