The decision in R (Conway) v Secretary of State for Justice [2017] EWHC 2447 (Admin) is now available here.
Assisted dying challenge judgment now handed down
Category: Medical treatment
M, Medical Treatment and the Court of Protection – More Detailed Thoughts
Introduction In M v A Hospital [2017] EWCOP 19 Peter Jackson J (giving one of his last judgments before his elevation… Read more
Deprivation of liberty in intensive care – the Court of Appeal decides
The Court of Appeal has this morning (26 January) handed down judgment in R(Ferreira) v HM Senior Coroner for Inner… Read more
Anorexia: handing back control?
In Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust v Z [2016] EWCOP 50, Hayden J had to contemplate three options… Read more
Briggs: case analysis
I reproduce here an updated version of the case summary and comment on the case of Briggs v Briggs [2016] EWCOP 53 that… Read more
Briggs: best interests and treatment withdrawal
The substantive decision in the case of Briggs has just been handed down. We will have full analysis and comment… Read more
Covert medication and deprivation of liberty
In AG v BMBC & Anor [2016] EWCOP 37, District Judge Bellamy has given some rare, and useful, clarification as… Read more
When is an advance decision to refuse treatment not binding?
In a case that appeared on Baillii this morning, Keehan J came tantalisingly close to giving the answer to a question… Read more
Litigation friend or foe?
In NHS Trusts v C [2016] EWCOP 17, C was detained under s.2 of the Mental Health Act 1983 with… Read more
St George’s and the powers of the court
Newton J has very recently authorised the publication of the order he made in St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust v… Read more