Poole J is rapidly becoming the specialist sexual capacity judge at the Court of Protection. Following his decisions in Hull… Read more
Re DY [2024] EWCOP 4 is a case showing how demanding taking capacity seriously is – and should be. It… Read more
This is a post co-written by Tor Butler-Cole KC and I, prompted by the decision in GUP v EUP and… Read more
In a case from December 2023 which arrived on Bailii too late for the February 2024 Mental Capacity Report, Lieven… Read more
In Paul and another v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust [2024] UKSC 1, the Supreme Court had to decide whether (and,… Read more
Strasbourg means what it says in relation to the tightening of the criteria for admission and detention in the context… Read more
In lieu of a Mental Capacity Report, the next edition of which will be out in February, and which will… Read more
A Local Authority v KP [2023] EHWC 3210 (Fam) is a case not easily reducible to a short summary. In… Read more
A Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v K [2023] EWCOP 59 concerned the treatment for leukaemia of a patient detained under… Read more
In The NHS Foundation Trust v K [2023] EWCOP 57, Judd J had to consider an application for declarations with… Read more