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Category: Inherent jurisdiction
The inherent jurisdiction, deprivation of liberty and out of hours applications
In Mazhar v Birmingham Community Healthcare Foundation NHS Trust & Ors [2020] EWCA Civ 1377 , the Court of Appeal almost,… Read more
Contingencies, capacity and Caesarean sections
In GSTT & SLAM v R [2020] EWCOP 4, Hayden J has come back to the extremely thorny question of what… Read more
The inherent jurisdiction and costs
In Re PR (Application under the inherent jurisdiction: Costs) [2019] EWHC 2800 (Fam), Cobb J has confirmed that applications made… Read more
Inherent jurisdiction guidance note
Responding to the recent flurry of case-law about the use of the inherent jurisdiction in relation to adults, I, together… Read more
Inherently problematic? Capacity thresholds, the inherent jurisdiction and autonomy
In LB Wandsworth v M & Ors [2017] EWHC 2435 (Fam), Hayden J was faced with a significant problem in… Read more
A true tangle – capacity, influence and the inherent jurisdiction
NCC v PB and TB [2014] EWCOP 14 Summary This decision of Parker J was handed down in March, but… Read more
Getting capacity right: the crossover between the inherent jurisdiction and the Court of Protection
LB Redbridge v G, C and F [2014] EWHC 485 (COP) (Russell J) Summary This case (the subject of a… Read more