The British Medical Association, the Resuscitation Council (UK) and the Royal College of Nursing have today (7 October) published new… Read more
New Guidance Issued on DNACPR
Category: Medical treatment
Intervening in child-birth – when to go to Court
NHS Trust & Ors v FG [2014] EWCOP 30 Summary In this judgment, Keehan J has given important guidance as… Read more
A melancholy but profound milestone
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust v N [2014] EWCOP 16 Summary History was made in a very and dignified quiet… Read more
Advance decisions and the MHA 1983
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust v RC [2014] EWHC 1317 (COP) Summary This is the sequel to the case of Nottinghamshire Healthcare… Read more
Another C-Section case and the ‘secret’ court
Since the widely-reported case of Ms Pacchieri (Re AA [2012] EWHC 4378 (COP)), there has been a string of cases… Read more
An oral advance decision to refuse life-sustaining treatment?
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Foundation Trust v LM [2014] EWHC 454 (COP) (Peter Jackson J) Summary This case concerns the lawfulness of withholding… Read more