Possibly as a result of lessons learned in relation to the case of Mrs H, the same NHS Trust has brought a further application in … Read More ›
Category: Medical treatment
Following the recent – deeply troubling – case involving Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust, Hayden J has had to grapple with a further case … Read More ›
Further to the judgment in Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & Anor v H [2020] EWCOP 5, discussed here, it has become clear that the … Read More ›
In QJ v A Local Authority Hayden J was considering the situation of an 87 year old man with vascular dementia challenging a DoLS authorisation … Read More ›
In Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & Anor v H [2020] EWCOP 5, the delay in bringing and then resolving an application relating to medical … Read More ›
In GSTT & SLAM v R [2020] EWCOP 4, Hayden J has come back to the extremely thorny question of what the court is meant to … Read More ›
In JK v A Local Health Board [2019] EWHC 67 (Fam), Lieven J had to grapple with the intersection between the MCA, the MHA and the … Read More ›
Prompted by work done for the case of Re D, in which the Supreme Court gave judgment ([2019] UKSC 42) on 26 September 2019, which … Read More ›
Some may remember that the Court of Appeal was going to give a judgment setting out what to do where a person has fluctuating capacity, … Read More ›
In United Lincolnshire Hospital NHS Trust v CD [2019] EWCOP 24, Francis J has grappled with a subject that has been perennially difficult for practitioners: … Read More ›